Arcady

by Michael Williams

Paperback, 1997

Status

Available

Call number

813

Publication

Roc (1997), 448 pages

Description

Arcady lies on the Borders, with their ancient ruins and wondrous artefacts. But they can be perilous for those who venture too close. Solomon Hawken is summoned home to Arcady to save his family, and must use a powerful magic to help him.

User reviews

LibraryThing member macha

i liked this book a whole lot. it reminded me of the good old days when Lin Carter's Ballantyne Fantasy series first came out: opening all those books for the first time, that felt a lot like opening this one. It's a Borderland fantasy: bit of James Branch Cabell, bit of William Morris, that kind

of thing. i was so disappointed to discover a whole lot of people didn't like it at all. it's a very literate book though: the text of magic is John Milton, augmented by the Commentary (romantic poets, for one). and the Absence consists of lacunae in the text, which is, if you think about it, just perfect. a book about art and beauty and time, which a whole lot of interesting characters and so much to say.

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