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| Original Title: | Under Heaven ASIN B003NX7NEM |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Under Heaven #1 |
| Setting: | China |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2011), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2011), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2011), Sunburst Award for Canadian Novel (2011), Prix Aurora Award Nominee for Best Novel (2011) and for Best of the Decade (2017) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2010), Prix Elbakin.net for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit (2015) |
Guy Gavriel Kay
Kindle Edition | Pages: 572 pages Rating: 4.15 | 12714 Users | 1498 Reviews
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| Title | : | Under Heaven (Under Heaven #1) |
| Author | : | Guy Gavriel Kay |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 572 pages |
| Published | : | April 29th 2010 by Ace (first published April 27th 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Historical Fantasy. Cultural. China |
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View our feature on Guy Gavriel Kay’s Under Heaven.In his latest innovative novel, the award-winning author evokes the dazzling Tang Dynasty of 8th-century China in a story of honor and power.Inspired by the glory and power of Tang dynasty China, Guy Gavriel Kay has created a masterpiece.
It begins simply. Shen Tai, son of an illustrious general serving the Emperor of Kitai, has spent two years honoring the memory of his late father by burying the bones of the dead from both armies at the site of one of his father's last great battles. In recognition of his labors and his filial piety, an unlikely source has sent him a dangerous gift: 250 Sardian horses.
You give a man one of the famed Sardian horses to reward him greatly. You give him four or five to exalt him above his fellows, propel him towards rank, and earn him jealousy, possibly mortal jealousy. Two hundred and fifty is an unthinkable gift, a gift to overwhelm an emperor.
Wisely, the gift comes with the stipulation that Tai must claim the horses in person. Otherwise he would probably be dead already...
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Ratings: 4.15 From 12714 Users | 1498 ReviewsColumn Epithetical Books Under Heaven (Under Heaven #1)
How to Write Pretentious Historical Fiction1. Start with an exceedingly slow build-up -- the more detail, the better. If your book is lengthier, people will assume it's more literary.2. Choose an exotic time period and locale and evoke it wherever possible. Hopefully the fascinating food and clothing details will help your reader forget that there was no indoor plumbing. Then, proceed to superimpose all sorts of anachronistic qualities on your story to appeal to contemporary readers' fantasiesAs with Tigana, there was a lot of world-building and a lot of story told in very realistic reminiscence. The setting is Tang Dynasty China (Kitai), and is quite nearly historical fiction with a touch of fantasy magic involving restless spirits, shamanistic possession and alchemy.
So how much trouble could 250 horses be? I mean, besides feeding them and keeping them in shape it can't be that bad, right? Well, if these horses happen to be highly prized by very powerful people (including an Emperor) AND you are stuck in the middle of nowhere when you receive the gift you can find yourself in a bit of a pickle. This is the situation Shen Tai finds himself in when he is gifted (though gifted might not be how he sees it) 250 magnificent Sardian horses, horses whose qualities
Here the world is all the world may be.A powerful blend of historical fiction and fantasy, Kay delivers a great story about loss and honour. This story is about Shen Tai who, after spending two years in mourning over the death of his father burying the bones and being haunted by their ghosts, is sent an unexpected gift of 250 Sardian horses, otherwise known as heavenly horses. This instantly puts him in a position of power and Tai must decide what to do with this gift. Set during a fantasized
Guy Gavriel Kay gives us a fantasized historical fiction of Tang China. What does that mean exactly? A little hard to explain. It feels very authentically like 8th century China complete with the Great Wall keeping the Bogu (barbarian) tribes at bay, the Capital Xinan, and the politics and intrigues of the Imperial court. Then throw in an element of the supernatural/preternatural, with restless ghosts and wandering undead.After the death of the honoured General Shen Gao, his son, Shen Tai our
4.5Branching paths. The turning of days and seasons and years. Life offered you love sometimes, sorrow often. If you were very fortunate, true friendship. Sometimes war came.You did what you could to shape your own peace, before you crossed over to the night and left the world behind, as all men did, to be forgotten or remembered, as time or love allowed.To quote my own status update: Guy Gavriel Kay is a master storyteller. End of the story. Because that's how it is, truly. I had been impressed
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