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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780007578115
  • 09 oktober 2014
  • 496 pagina's
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The lost classic masterpiece of magical realms, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction.





The lost classic masterpiece of magical realms, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction.

On the far side of darkness lies a world where two mighty forces are making ready for a war of kingdom against kingdom, warrior against witch, and honour against treachery. It is a world that beckons Edward Lessingham and is totally at odds with his Edwardian background. Torn by greater passions than mere mortals can know, the adventure-loving lords of Demonland are pitted against the cruel enchantments of the witch-king Gorice XII. As swords cross with clash of steel, they begin their odyssey in glory and terror.

E.R. Eddison’s masterpiece stands as one of the great prototypes of modern fantasy fiction. The intricately woven themes of high adventure, sorcery and the conflict between good and evil transport the reader to epic worlds beyond imagination.

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Hoofdauteur
E. R. Eddison
Tweede Auteur
E R Eddison
Co Auteur
E R Eddison
Hoofdillustrator
Keith Henderson
Tweede Illustrator
Keith Henderson
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HarperCollins

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The Worm Ouroboros

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128 mm
Product hoogte
21 mm
Product lengte
198 mm
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130 mm
Verpakking hoogte
40 mm
Verpakking lengte
197 mm
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332 g

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  • The Worm Ouroboros

    Positieve punten

    • Fantasierijk
    • Meeslepend verhaal
    • Spannend

    Negatieve punten

    • Moeilijk in te komen
    • ouderwets taalgebruik

    The Worm Ouroboros is a curious book. Written 30 years before The Lord of the Rings, it is often seen as the Ring’s predecessor. And when Tolkien’s work was published, the comparison with Eddison’s book did not always go in Tolkien’s favour. Eddison too gives us a fully realised world, the creation of which began in Eddison’s teenage years.

    Eddison believed in living life to the full, like commercials tell us today. All his characters are larger than life, glorious heroes and passionate villains. Houses are grand, the landscape is legendary, women are beautiful and glory is worth dying for. There is philosophy behind it. Eddison believed in this world, and especially beauty, beauty of women and beauty of landscapes, is a real tangible thing in this world. At the beginning it sounds overdone, but it has a cumulative effect to the extent that you actually feel that you experience a world with a different set of values. Ancient Greek, or Viking. It is the only way in which the ending of the book would make any sense (I can say no more).

    Add to this that Eddison is a fantastic storyteller. When the action starts, it is there to stay till the end of the book. And he tells his story in Shakespearian proze, which might be hard at first, but gives a wonderful feel to it. It will make you read the story in small pieces so you can savour it slowly and let the wonderful feel linger in your brain.

    Still the book is a flawed masterpiece, because it has some irksome failings. 1) The first 15 or so pages give an introduction about a guy that dreams about flying to Mercury and then disappears from the story, 2) All the nations have names like demonland, impland and witchland, but all the inhabitants are simply humans. Let us forgive and forget these quirks. Perhaps Eddison could not discard some of his teenage ponderings.

    This book is a force of nature. It becomes the symbol of a philosophy that stays with everyone who reads it.

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  • the worm ouroboros goed boek

    Positieve punten

    • Spannend
    • Grappig
    • Fantasierijk

    Negatieve punten

    • Moeilijk in te komen
    • Ingewikkeld verhaal

    Lastig om te lezen, maar wel een goed verhaal

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