Tigana
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay, published by Penguin Canada in 2010, is an epic narrative that explores the struggles of a country yearning for freedom. This edition spans 816 pages and is presented in English. The story revolves around a people cursed by the dark sorceries of the tyrant king Brandin, who has erased the memory of their homeland, Tigana. Years after their land’s devastation, a group of determined individuals embarks on a perilous quest to reclaim their identity and restore the lost brilliance of their obliterated name.
Readers will find a richly constructed world that balances both sensuous beauty and brutal realities. The novel delves into themes of memory, identity, and resistance, as the characters navigate their dangerous crusade against their oppressors. With elements of fantasy and historical fiction, Tigana offers a profound exploration of a passionate people’s dream to reclaim their heritage. This edition invites readers to engage with a narrative that expands the boundaries of the genre, presenting a tale that resonates with the enduring human spirit.
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Tigana is the internationally celebrated epic of a beleaguered country struggling to be free. It is the tale of a people so cursed by the dark sorceries of the tyrant king Brandin that even the very name of their once beautiful home cannot be spoken or remembered. But, years after their homeland’s devastation, a handful of men and women set in motion a dangerous crusade–to overthrow their conquerors and bring back to the world the lost brightness of an obliterated name: Tigana.
Against the magnificently realized backdrop of a world both sensuous and brutal, this masterful novel of a passionate people pursuing their dream is breathtaking in its vision, and changes forever the boundaries of fantasy fiction.
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