Shadow of the Torturer A

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Gene Wolfe: Shadow of the Torturer A (1990, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

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Pubblicato il 1990 da Little, Brown Book Group Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-09-967880-9
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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.

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

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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.