Strange the Dreamer
de Taylor, Laini
- Usado
- near fine
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316341681
- ISBN 13
- 9780316341684
- Librería
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2017. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Very scarce uncorrected advance proofs (ARC) for this young adult fantasy work from Taylor. Sticker on front cover states "Coming March 28, 2017," but underneath the sticker can be seen "2016 BEA convention sneak peek," so this would have been a excerpt (only 119 pages) released at the 2016 Book Expo America. Near fine in wraps with light curling to corners.
Reseñas
El May 15 2017, un lector dijo:
"You have no idea how much consideration I've given it. I lived seven years inside these books. My body may have been going about its duties in the library, but my mind was here. Do you know what they called me? Strange the dreamer. I was barely aware of my surrounding half the time…I walked around wondering what kind of wings I would buy if the wingsmiths came to town, and if I'd prefer to ride dragons or hunt them"
Strange The Dreamer is the first book in the Strange The Dreamer duology by American author, Laini Taylor. Lazlo Strange is a war orphan brought up in a monastery. A twist of fate sees him working as a librarian at the Great Library of Zosma when the Godslayer comes looking for men and women of skill to help solve the problem facing the city of Weep.
Ever since he was a boy, Lazlo has been fascinated by the city that has been silent in the world for two hundred years. Brother Cyrus fired his passion with fantastic tales, and it has long been his dream to find out what happened to this mysterious place. His voracious appetite for any scrap of knowledge about Weep has filled all his spare time, but what skills could a librarian offer?
Taylor gives the reader a clever and imaginative plot with plenty of twists and turns. Her characters are suitably appealing or repulsive as required, and her world-building is smooth and subtle: there are no info dumps here. Her descriptive prose is often gorgeous, and she demonstrates a clever turn of phrase: "He wasn't conscious that this was a dream. He was simply in it. The logic that belonged to the real world had remained behind, like luggage on a dock" as well as gems of wisdom: "He realised that all this time he'd been looking to the Godslayer as a hero, not a man, but that heroes, whatever else they are, are also men – and women – and prey to human troubles just like anybody else"
This tale has all the required elements of a fantasy adventure: heroes and heroines, gods and goddesses, warriors, orphans, ghosts, angels and demons, monsters and fantastic beasts, dreams and nightmares, alchemy, magic and a mysterious metal called Mesarthium, cruelty and kindness, romance and heartbreak, and all contained within a gorgeous cover (in particular the half blue hardcover). There is much left unresolved so fans will be pleased to know that the story continues in Muse of Nightmares, for which, hopefully, the wait will not be unduly lengthy. Utterly enthralling.
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- Librería
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 3358
- Título
- Strange the Dreamer
- Autor
- Taylor, Laini
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0316341681
- ISBN 13
- 9780316341684
- Editorial
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Lugar de publicación
- U. S. A.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2017
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