Cole the Magnificent
Cole the Magnificent by Tony Williams, published by Salt Publishing on August 15, 2023, is a literary fiction work that follows the journey of the orphan Cole as he seeks the legendary Underground City, a promise made to his love, Sigrid. The narrative intertwines with Niven’s story, who dreams of escaping an unwanted marriage while exploring her own desires and aspirations. This edition spans 224 pages and is presented in English.
Readers will encounter a richly woven tale that combines elements of folk songs and fragments, illustrating Cole’s adventures and the challenges he faces in a world filled with witchcraft, wisdom, and regret. As both Cole and Niven navigate their respective paths, they discover the complexities of love and the sacrifices it demands. The book offers a blend of comic and grotesque elements, creating a picaresque fantasy that invites exploration of human emotions and relationships against a backdrop of rogues and saints.
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The orphan Cole wanders the world, seeking the fabled Underground City which he has promised his love Sigrid he will find. Somewhere else entirely, Niven sits in a palace garden taking lessons in astronomy and architecture, dreaming up ways to escape being married off to one of her father’s friends.Cole’s story is pieced together from folk songs and fragments as he travels ever onwards towards his destiny: a new life even stranger than the one before. Niven too will learn what it means to leave the garden of childhood. Their world is one of witchcraft and wishing, wisdom and regret, as they slowly learn how much it is possible to love, and suffer for the sake of love.Comic, grotesque, lyrical, and immensely readable, Tony Williams’s fantasy picaresque is a reader’s delight. A sweeping yarn through the darkest of ages, filled with rogues, lovers, murderers, swindlers, and saints.
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