Tales of Neveryon - Softcover

Delany, Samuel R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553228420 ISBN 13: 9780553228427

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1985

Synopsis

Presumably elaborated from an ancient text of unknown geographical origin, the stories are sunk in translators' and commentators' introductions and appendices, forming a richly comic frame.

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Review

"The tales of Neveryeon are postmodern sword-and-sorcery . . . Delany subverts the formulaic elements of sword-and-sorcery and around their empty husks constructs self-conscious meta-fictions about social and sexual behavior, the play of language and power, and - above all - the possibilities and limitations of narrative. Immensely sophisticated as literature . . . eminently readable and gorgeously entertaining." --Washington Post Book World

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"The tales of Nev r on are postmodern sword-and-sorcery . . . Delany subverts the formulaic elements of sword-and-sorcery and around their empty husks constructs self-conscious meta-fictions about social and sexual behavior, the play of language and power, and above all the possibilities and limitations of narrative. Immensely sophisticated as literature . . . eminently readable and gorgeously entertaining." "Washington Post Book World""

"The tales of Neveryon are postmodern sword-and-sorcery . . . Delany subverts the formulaic elements of sword-and-sorcery and around their empty husks constructs self-conscious meta-fictions about social and sexual behavior, the play of language and power, and above all the possibilities and limitations of narrative. Immensely sophisticated as literature . . . eminently readable and gorgeously entertaining." "Washington Post Book World""

The tales of Neveryon are postmodern sword-and-sorcery . . . Delany subverts the formulaic elements of sword-and-sorcery and around their empty husks constructs self-conscious meta-fictions about social and sexual behavior, the play of language and power, and above all the possibilities and limitations of narrative. Immensely sophisticated as literature . . . eminently readable and gorgeously entertaining. The Washington Post Book World"

Delany continues to surprise and delight . . . [his] playfulness is the kind that involves you in the flow, forces you to see details in a larger context, yet never lets you forget that what you are reading is, after all, nothing but artifice, a series of signs. The New York Times Book Review"

Complex and carefully crafted . . . his language is lovely, often approaching the poetic. Publishers Weekly"

From the Back Cover

'Tales of Neveryon' is breathtaking depiction of fabulous empire beyond the borders of history where human destinies entwine in strange and dazzling design.

Gorgik was the slave miner who rose to become a master of armies, yet remained bound by his desires. Small Sarg was the prince who wore a slave’s collar to set men free. Raven was the masked swordmistress from a land where women rule and men obey – and Norema was the flamehaired fisherwoman’s daughter an old woman’s vision had set free.

An intricate web of adventure, intrigue and desire set in an ancient empire outside of time, 'Tales of Neveryon' is a visionary novel of unique power, a masterwork of fantasy.

“Superb”
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“Complex and carefully crafted ... his writing is lovely, often approaching the poetic”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“I consider Delany not only one of the most important speculative fiction writers of the present generation, but a fascinating writer in general who has invented a new style”
UMBERTO ECO, author of 'The Name of the Rose'

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553228420
• ISBN 13: 9780553228427
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback