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📱 eBook en inglés THE BRIGHT SWORD

An epic Arthurian retelling from the internationally bestselling author of The Magicians

Penguin- 9781804951637

Novela contemporánea Narrativa española

Sinopsis de THE BRIGHT SWORD

A book of the year for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Vulture, Esquire, Goodreads, Elle, NPR, Vox, New York Post, Lit Hub, Cosmo, People, Paste, Vanity Fair, Polygon, BookBub, BookRiot and more!

‘This Year’s Must-Read Novel . . . Grossman’s lyrical prose has never been better’
FORBES

If you love King Arthur as much as I do, you’ll love The Bright Sword . . . the creator of The Magicians has woven another spell.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, author of A Game of Thrones

‘Made me love fantasy again . . . For pretty much everyone, The Bright Sword is a must-read’
PASTE MAGAZINE, Book of the Year

‘The best fantasy of the year.’
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Book of the Year

‘Resoundingly earns its place among the best of Arthurian tales . . . Grossman is at the top of his game.’
NEW YORK TIMES, Book of the Year

For anyone who’s ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting.’
REBECCA YARROS, author of Fourth Wing

‘Fans of classic fantasy and ancient magic will devour this one.’
ELLE, Best books of the year

‘A rollicking, magical ride through Arthurian legend . . . A joyful new addition to the Arthurian canon — a delight.’
Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam

‘Not only one of the best books of the year, but one of the best Arthurian novels ever – it’s that good.’
LIT HUB, Book of the Year

A beautifully written, suitably weird, very human take on King Arthur that feels both modern and ancient.
JOE ABERCROMBIE, author of The Devils

A breathtaking tale that honours past iterations while producing something entirely unexpected
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

This is why we read fantasy.
AVA REID, author of Lady Macbeth

‘Compulsively readable and expertly told . . . You won’t want to leave until the tale is done.
VICTOR LAVALLE, author of Lone Women

‘This is storytelling at its purest: glorious, propulsive, and dramatic’
LOCUS

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When gifted young knight Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place on the Round Table, he quickly discovers that he’s too late: the king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table are left.

The survivors aren’t the heroes of legend either, like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill.
It’s up to them to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance, even as God abandons Britain and the fairies and old gods are returning, led by Morgan le Fay. They must reclaim Excalibur and make this ruined world whole again.

But first they’ll have to solve the mystery of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell.

The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, The Bright Sword is a story about imperfect m...

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Editorial: Penguin

ISBN: 9781804951637

Idioma: Inglés

Fecha de lanzamiento: 16/07/2024

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Escrito por Lev Grossman


Autor y periodista americano, Lev Grossman estudió Literatura en Harvard y Literatura Comparada en Yale. Como periodista, Grossman ha trabajado para numerosos medios y revistas, como Wired, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times o Time, entre otros.

Su principal área de trabajo ha sido la cultura popular contemporánea, en especial el mundo de los videojuegos, los blogs, las redes sociales o los vídeos virales. Ha escrito numerosas críticas sobre libros y juegos que han resultado posteriormente grandes éxitos, como Crepúsculo.

En lo literario, Grossman se ha decantado por la literatura fantástica y la ciencia ficción, destacando de manera satisfactoria con su trilogía de «Los magos», un ejemplo de ficción para nuevos adultos que llegó a convertirse en uno de los libros más vendidos en la lista del New York Times.

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