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"Сарантийская мозаика" Г.Г. Кей
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цитата Sph

в какой книге тогда на "Львов" ссылаются?

цитата vfvfhm

не подскажете какой-нибудь другой адекватный перевод?

цитата Phelan

"Сияние минувших дней"

цитата Phelan

"Сияние минувших дней"

цитата vfvfhm

Всю дорогу пищал, как гимназистка.

цитата eos

Как-то мало гимназисток покупает Кея, печально

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Robin Hobb (оценка – 5 баллов): "This will be longer than my usual review because I have a lot to say. And I will attempt not to do spoilers.

First of all, this book comes out in May. I received a free advance copy. I don't think that affects my review. I virtually know Guy Gavriel Kay and hope to someday play cribbage with him.

So, to start with, in the intro in the ARC, Kay observes that our brightest and most lasting memories are usually from our late teens and early twenties. Which sent me to research that right away. If you know my books, you know I have a fascination with memory, and with information stored in our brains and yes, in our blood. So the articles on memory that I read supported what Kay said, and I plunged enthusiastically into the story.

Fantasy is a genre that is a huge umbrella. In my opinion, fantasy is the umbrella that covers all fiction. In this case, this fantasy is set in a world somewhat like Italy, with characters somewhat like historical persons in a time rather like the Renaissance. If you love those times, it will add to your enjoyment of the book. If you knowledge of that place and time is limited or non-existent, don't worry. It doesn't matter.

This is a book about people. The fantasy element is a subtle flavoring, as in a delightful cake where you can't quite identify what you are tasting, but you enjoy it. Some of the people you will meet may seem trivial to the plot. "Why are you telling us about this shoemaker?"

Because Kay knows that, at heart, we are all little people in the greater story we live in. Even the most puffed up and important of us will be a tiny note in history, a few hundred years from now. Yet each of us (as my Fool would remind us all) changes the world every day. So it is with these characters. Painted vividly, these characters are each the main characters in their own stories. Each of them diverts the sequence of events into a slightly different track. Chance encounters become fate.

Of these characters, Guidanio is arguably the most important. He is our guide to that brightness long ago, although he is not always the speaker in the tale. Like the bits of glass in a kaleidoscope, each character shakes the tube, and we see the brightness shine through their opinion of what really happened. Events turn and spin as we regard them from multiple angles.

And finally, my favorite pages in the ARC are 240-243. I don't know if the pages will have the same numbering in the final hardback, but I suspect most of you will know what I loved when you encounter it.

If you've been reading Guy Gavriel Kay for years, then this book will bring an added richness to that experience. IF this if your first book by Kay, don't hesitate to dive into the tale at this point. You will not feel confused nor excluded from the larger story lines that others will see".

цитата Vinny Ni

Книгу заказала, но боюсь не потянуть язык. Надеюсь, перевод со временем появится!

цитата Anahitta

отзыв на A Brightness Long Ago обязательно будет.

цитата Phelan

Я бы, пожалуй, назвал "Яркость минувших дней" или "Сияние минувших дней".

цитата vfvfhm

Если все-таки осилите, отпишитесь ,плиз, в отзывах или здесь. Очень интересно узнать впечатления Волнуюсь за Кея, один из любимейших авторов.