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Lost Acre

Autor Andrew Caldecott
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 iul 2019

În paginile volumului Lost Acre, descoperim o tensiune fundamentală între dogmele rigide ale trecutului și supraviețuirea viitorului: misticul elisabetan Geryon Wynter revine la viață în prezent, încercând să preia controlul asupra unei comunități care și-a șters deliberat memoria. Conflictul central se naște din ciocnirea dintre ambițiile imperiale ale unui om din secolul al XVI-lea și fragilitatea unui oraș, Rotherweird, unde cunoașterea istoriei este un act de rebeliune interzis. Suntem de părere că forța acestei narațiuni rezidă în construcția meticuloasă a lumii, un spațiu izolat de restul Angliei, guvernat de reguli bizare și o birocrație aproape kafkiană. Sistemul magic propus de Andrew Caldecott nu se bazează pe formule clasice, ci pe o fuziune între științele oculte elisabetane și anomaliile temporale ale unei enclave uitate. Apreciem modul în care autorul folosește interdicția studiului istoriei ca motor de suspans; fiecare descoperire a personajelor despre propriul trecut devine o armă periculoasă. Dacă Winterset Hollow v-a captivat prin modul în care o lume literară idilică ascunde un horror visceral și secrete vechi, această carte extinde experiența în direcția unei intrigi politice complexe, unde miza depășește granițele orașului, punând în pericol întreaga umanitate. Ritmul este unul calculat, textul fiind dens în detalii arhitecturale și indicii ascunse în dialoguri, oferind cititorului satisfacția unui puzzle intelectual de mari dimensiuni.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781784298067
ISBN-10: 1784298069
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 156 x 233 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Quercus Books

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm Lost Acre cititorilor care caută un fantasy intelectual, departe de clișeele genului. Veți descoperi o lume unică unde istoria este ilegală, iar magia are un aer arhaic și periculos. Este lectura ideală pentru cei care apreciază intrigile complexe și atmosferele britanice pline de mister, oferind un final apocaliptic unei serii ce redefinește relația dintre trecut și prezent.


Descriere

"Geryon Wynter, the brilliant Elizabethan mystic, has achieved resurrection and returned to present-day Rotherweird. But after the chaos of Election Day, how can a stranger from another time wrest control? And for what fell purpose is Wynter back? His dark conspiracy reaches its climax in this unique corner of England, where the study of history is forbidden and neither friend nor foe are quite what they seem. The stakes could not be higher: for, at the endgame, not only Rotherweird is under threat; but the future of mankind itself hangs in the balance."--Publisher.

Recenzii

A history-tragic-comedy all rolled into one, Rotherweird is intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book not unlike other books, but with special and dangerous properties. Line by line, silent and adroit, it opens a series of trap-doors in the reader's imagination
Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold. An enthralling puzzle picture of a book
Compelling . . . the love child of Gormenghast and Hogwarts
The Rotherweird trilogy is a sprawling absorbing saga that is breath-taking in conceit and accomplishment. Fans of deeply immersive fiction, such as that created by Neal Stephenson, will love losing themselves in this nightmarish vision of a parochial English town, where everybody has secrets.
[A] sprawling fantasy epic
This novel is a remarkable achievement. It's also extremely funny, in a typically British sort of way . . . a delightful Harry Potter for grown-ups
An imaginative tour de force
Lost Acre is a triumphant final volume to what has been a constantly surprising piece of modern British fantasy. Part Gormenghast, part Monty Python, part mythology, part Terry Pratchett, a little bit steampunk but with the occasional dragon and changeling, and with plenty of word puzzles along the way. And while it has plenty of antecedents, this series, its setting and its tone is totally unique and thoroughly enjoyable and should be celebrated as such
Intricate and rather beautiful . . . gothic, engaging, and strange, this is a series that has been filled with praise by fans of baroque literature from all fields
A vivid fantasy world - albeit one with firm roots in both our own Elizabethan age and, with a timeshift plot set off by events in the Tudor era, the time of Good Queen Bess
Precisely calibrated . . . The stakes could not be higher
I'm a sucker for a good puzzle and this one was magnificent
Ambitious in his scope . . . incredibly inventive
Lost Acre is the perfect swansong to the wonderfully executed series of books. Highly recommended
It's complex, intriguing and I've loved it! It's definitely ambitious but it does work! It's very original and nothing like I've seen before
A steampunkish amalgam of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast, Terry Pratchett's Ankh-Morpork and Christopher Isherwood and Edward Upward's Mortmere, replete with quirky characters, Heath Robinsonesque mechanical devices and a dash of the supernatural
Rotherweird and its otherworldly counterpart Lost Acre are just as fascinating as ever. Lost Acre, like its predecessors, is a book to be savoured. If you like your fantasy complex, this is a trilogy for you and Lost Acre rounds it off in style
A clever, quirky and enjoyable jaunt into a gothic mystery spanning the millennia between Roman invasions (Gregorius), the Elizabethans (Bole and Wynter, Ferensen and the Seers) and the modern day
Caldecott delivers with gusto. There are surprises too: far from being an all-powerful villain, even Wynter isn't sure what is happening (can it be he's really being played?) - and many secrets still lie hidden. An excellent close to this trilogy . I'd also commend the illustrations by Sasha Laika - they are moody, allusive and add greatly to the atmosphere
Still one of the best characters in these stories is the city of Rotherweird. It is slightly gothic, Dickensian, there is a touch of horror in it, but it is foremost absolutely captivating. This world building, although complex, is done with great skill and is one (of the many) attractive features. It gave me many hours of sometimes confusing, sometimes marvellous and very often amazing pleasure
Delightfully ordinary people with extraordinary names wrestle with weird machinery, weirder science and some quite deliciously gruesome flayage
A great read . . . rich and rewarding
One of those rare, satisfying commitments you've been looking for in a book
A rather spectacular conclusion to a unique series
To his lawyerly eye for detail he adds a conjurer's flourish in Wyntertide, the darkly hypnotic sequel to last year's bestseller Rotherweird . . . Rotherweird has antecedents in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast, C S Lewis's Narnia books and, inevitably, a certain bespectacled boy-wizard
Beautifully handled sequel that cooks up a banquet of dark delights. Once again, we are captivated by the compelling alchemy of plot, place and people: the quirks, the mysteries, the saintliness and the sheer bloody evil