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Praise for TIGANA:
‘Flair, glamour and unstudied romance’ Sunday Express
‘An enchanting, colourful fantasy adventure’ Time Out
‘A huge book, packed with action, I enjoyed it all’ The Times
‘[Tigana] is so perfect I don’t think I could bear it if Kay wrote a sequel’ Interzone
‘One of the best fantasy novels I have read’ Anne McCaffery
‘Kay shows why he’s the heir to Tolkien’s tradition’ Booklist
‘A richly sensuous fantasy world, full of evocative history, religions, folklore, local customs, and a magical rites…a bravura performance, nearly impossible to put down’ Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Guy Gavriel Kay:
‘Kay has delievered such a magnificent conclusion – I can’t praise it enough. THE FIONAVAR TAPESTRY will be read and reread for many years to com’ Fantasy Review
‘Packed with action’ The Times
‘A brilliant and complex portrayal of good and evil’ Publishers Weekly
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With this rich, masterfully written extravaganza of myth and magic, the internationally acclaimed author of THE FIONAVAR TAPESTRY trilogy has created an epic that will forever change the boundaries of fantasy fiction.
Set in a beleaguered land caught in a web of tyranny, Tigana is the deeply moving story of a people struggling to be free. A people so cursed by the dark sorceries of the tyrant King Brandin that even the very name of their once beautiful land cannot be spoken or remembered.
But not everyone has forgotten. A handful of men and women, driven by love, hope and pride, set in motion the dangerous quest for freedom and bring back to the world the lost brightness of an obliterated name: Tigana.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was recommended to me by a friend, during a time when I believed that no good authors existed any more. Mr Kay has proved me wrong! This author is truly a wordsmith, and Tigana is possibly his finest story, as he tells a tale of magic, heartbreak and loss. Side by side with magic marches political intrigue, but Kay has described his world so richly that this does not seem a bizarre pairing. His characters are wonderfully flawed - no one individual is truly good or truly bad. He has written very human characters, allowing even the antagonist to merit sympathy from the readers. All in all, a truly fantastic book, and worth reading several times over throughout your life. Thanks to Guy Gavriel Kay, my faith in authors has been restored.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Tigana is a wonderful example of the fact that you don't necessarily need a series to build a credible world. I am not a huge fan of magic, I despise when it's used as an easy way out. But even though a spell is the case of Tigana's despair, magic plays a very limited part in this book. The focus is on politics, planning, scheming and fighting. Since the world is heavenly influenced by Renaissance Italy, Tigana feels almost more like history than fantasy.
Guy Gavriel Kay's strongest point is definitely the characters. I would love to see his notes on them, because there must be a lot of them. In every sentence you can hint the complex backstory. Even the most insignificant characters feels real. There are no cardboard cutout extras in this world. I am a huge fan of minor characters, and this book is such a treat. I am particularly fond of Naddo and Elena. Usually in fantasy, the evil is a dark presence looming at the horizon. In Tigana, the bad side is represented by Brandin and Alberico, both sorcerers but very, very human, and also each other's worst enemy.
The ending is pretty much your typical fantasty ending, with a few twists. But then there is an epilogue, and the last sentence of that epilogue is just the most evil thing I've ever read. Brilliant, but evil!
Guy Gavriel Kay's strongest point is definitely the characters. I would love to see his notes on them, because there must be a lot of them. In every sentence you can hint the complex backstory. Even the most insignificant characters feels real. There are no cardboard cutout extras in this world. I am a huge fan of minor characters, and this book is such a treat. I am particularly fond of Naddo and Elena. Usually in fantasy, the evil is a dark presence looming at the horizon. In Tigana, the bad side is represented by Brandin and Alberico, both sorcerers but very, very human, and also each other's worst enemy.
The ending is pretty much your typical fantasty ending, with a few twists. But then there is an epilogue, and the last sentence of that epilogue is just the most evil thing I've ever read. Brilliant, but evil!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I completely agree with the person reviewing this before me. I have read this book 3 times already.
The added bonus of this particular book is that it is not a time-consuming trilogy, it is a one-off, which is somewhat rare in fantasy fiction of this kind. It is also directed at adults.
I am a fully fledged GGK fan and own everything he has ever written. The Lions of Al Rassan is an equal fave, followed by A Song for Arbonne, check these out, they are also standalone books.
I just wish he could write faster........
The added bonus of this particular book is that it is not a time-consuming trilogy, it is a one-off, which is somewhat rare in fantasy fiction of this kind. It is also directed at adults.
I am a fully fledged GGK fan and own everything he has ever written. The Lions of Al Rassan is an equal fave, followed by A Song for Arbonne, check these out, they are also standalone books.
I just wish he could write faster........
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Expected more
The book had no physical flows. I cannot say that the story thrilled me. The Fionavar Tapestry from the same writer is a much more ensnaring work.
Published 2 months ago by Chris
Tigana
Another wonderful book from one of the best fantasy writers. An amazing story with a real surprise at the end. Read it!
Published 4 months ago by L. Cox
Loved it
Tigana is the first book I have read by GGK and I was very impressed. I've been reading fantasy for over 25 years and I'm not sure why I've never read one of his books before but... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Sochhi
brilliant read
It is difficult for one book to deliver so much but it does. Gripping from start to finish with lots of twists and turns to keep you from putting this down. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Olaf The Black
An Unbelievable Disappointment
I wanted to like Tigana so so badly. Every hundred pages I'd tell myself that it was about to get better, that something extraordinary was about to happen and pull it all back. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Anonymous
Underwhelmed
I saw this book pop up in a list of best fantasy books and was shocked by how high it had gotten. So I rushed here, only to find it had 5 stars!? How is that even possible? Read more
Published 19 months ago by Alex Wilson
A book to savour, and a book to make you weep...
I'm not going to repeat the plot - other reviewers have done a fine job - but what I will say is that this is a book saturated in loss and love, a book that now, given that I know... Read more
Published on 11 April 2010 by DebB
Classic Fantasy From A Modern Master
It is not deceptive to say that Tigana begins with a lie. But then, many of the best tales do. There is plenty to be said for straight-forward narrative progression, of course;... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2010 by Niall Alexander
Brilliant book
If you only read one fantasy book then read this one. Staggering concept, a truly great book.
Published on 17 Jun 2007 by Ian
A very good book!
I liked the book very much. Tigana is one of my favourite fantasy books. I believe that one volume fantasy usually are unsuccessful but Tigana proves opposite. Read more
Published on 23 May 2007 by _astra_
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