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Thomas the Rhymer
Ellen Kushner
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Description for Thomas the Rhymer
Paperback. Ellen Kushner's World Fantasy Award-winning retelling of the classic legend, with a new introduction by Lisa Tuttle. Series: Fantasy Masterworks. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
A minstrel lives by his words, his tunes, and sometimes by his lies. But when the bold and gifted young Thomas the Rhymer awakens the desire of the powerful Queen of Elfland, he finds that words are not enough to keep him from his fate. As the Queen sweeps him far from the people he has known and loved into her realm of magic, opulence - and captivity - he learns at last what it is to be truly human. When he returns to his home with ... Read more
A minstrel lives by his words, his tunes, and sometimes by his lies. But when the bold and gifted young Thomas the Rhymer awakens the desire of the powerful Queen of Elfland, he finds that words are not enough to keep him from his fate. As the Queen sweeps him far from the people he has known and loved into her realm of magic, opulence - and captivity - he learns at last what it is to be truly human. When he returns to his home with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
Series
Fantasy Masterworks
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473211629
SKU
V9781473211629
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Ref
99-10
About Ellen Kushner
Ellen Kushner (1955- ) Ellen Kushner is the author of World Fantasy Award-winner Thomas the Rhymer, and 'Swords of Riverside' comprising the interconnected novels Swordspoint, The Privilege of the Sword, and The Fall of the Kings (with Delia Sherman). She narrated these as audiobooks for Neil Gaiman Presents, winning an Audie Award for Swordspoint. She has taught creative ... Read more
Reviews for Thomas the Rhymer
Elegant and beautiful . . . a magical tour de force shot through with strange melodies. I loved it A perfectly splendid story, splendidly told with great style and originality Elegant and cozy. Witty and wise. Innocent and sensuous and, at times, downright sexy. Kushner's Thomas the Rhymer does it all ... Read more