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| Title | : | Alphabet of Thorn |
| Author | : | Patricia A. McKillip |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 291 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2005 by Ace (first published February 3rd 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Young Adult. High Fantasy. Magic |
Patricia A. McKillip
Paperback | Pages: 291 pages Rating: 4.07 | 5162 Users | 422 Reviews
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Deep inside a palace on the edge of the world, the orphan Nepenthe pores over books in the royal library, translating their languages and learning their secrets. Now sixteen, she knows little of the outside world — except for the documents that traders and travelers bring her to interpret.Then, during the coronation of the new Queen of Raine, a young mage gives Nepenthe a book that has defied translation. Written in a language of thorns, it speaks to Nepenthe's soul — and becomes her secret obsession. And, as the words escape the brambles and reveal themselves, Nepenthe finds her destiny entwined with that of the young queen's. Sooner than she thinks, she will have to choose between the life she has led and the life she was born to lead...
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| Original Title: | Alphabet of Thorn |
| ISBN: | 0441012434 (ISBN13: 9780441012435) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.penguin.com/book/alphabet-of-thorn-by-patricia-a-mckillip/9780441012435 |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2005), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2005), Endeavour Award Nominee (2005) |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 5162 Users | 422 ReviewsCritique About Books Alphabet of Thorn
Wow. This books packs a slow-building lyrical punch of magic, horror, and emotional revelation. And it is primarily about being a woman.What does that even mean!First, it's a story all about magic -- why we care about magic, the forms magic takes in the world, how it changes lives, how much and how little it is understood -- without ever placing magic in a system with clean edges or anything fully under human control. McKillip writes magic in the style of Le Guin's Earthsea books, as an obscureAlphabet of Thorn is a short, standalone fantasy by Patricia A. McKillip. This was my first time reading any of her work, and Ive seen comments in a few places that this was not necessarily the best book to start with, but I greatly enjoyed it. I guess I must have even better things to look forward to when I cycle back around to try more of her work.The story is told from multiple POVs. One of the main POVs is focused on a teenage girl who was abandoned as a baby. She was taken in and raised by
I absolutely adored this books, it was everything I wanted it to be. The combination of books/translation/storytelling/magic made for a compelling read and I was surprised she fit so much plot and character into a relatively short book. The only reason I'm deducting one star is due to the treatment of disfigurement as a plot device, I feel as if could have been met with a bit more sensitivity and less shame. I will definitely be reading more McKillip!
The story starts slowly and quietly -- not so slow as to encourage giving up, but still, it feels quite leisurely. And mysterious. But it picks up pace to become quite a rich, but compact, fantasy tale of loss, hope and reunion.SRC Task 20.9; Read All The Books: The Fifth Season; SFFBC TBR 18Patricia A. McKillip won the World Fantasy Award Life Achievement award in 2008.
Every moment is like a wheel with a hundred spokes in it. We ride always at the hub of the wheel and go forward as it turns. We ignore the array of other moments constantly turning around us. We are surrounded by doorways; we never open them. This a perfect example of a fantasy book that has tropes but is short gets to the point and is a fun intriguing read. Alphabet of Thorn is about a orphan named Nepenthe and the people she is connected to in the kingdom of Raine. Nepenthe finds a document
It is hard to create an epic fantasy with only 350 pages... and yet, here it has been done.
[9/10]How do you put together a book of thorns, a three thousand years old emperor, an orphaned transcriptor, a passage through time, and swaths of ancient poetry into simple language? The answer is to let Patricia McKillip do it, with her deft hand at infusing each phrase with beauty, mystery and meaning. With every new book of her that I start, I get a sense of instant recognition, of a stylistic consistency that permeates from one story to another, regardless of the fact that she writes
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