The shadow of the torturer

Gene Wolfe

This book might be part of the The book of the new Sun -- v. 1 series.

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. It is the tale of young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession -- showing mercy toward his victim -- and follows subsequent journey out of his home city of Nessus.

18 edizioni

262, pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 1981 da Pocket Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-671-82825-7
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Numero OCLC:: 7894886

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Fantasy fiction

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rabbitambulance ha recensito Shadow of the Torturer di Gene Wolfe (Book of the New Sun (1))

2,0 stars

Mildly amusing, but doesn't get to the point, not even at the end. Apparently I need to read the next book to get to find that out. I haven't yet decided if I'm curious enough to do that. Some of the concepts are definitely interesting.