Parsival/knights Tale

by Richard Monaco

Paperback, 1984

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Publication

Berkley (1955), Edition: Reprint

Description

The classic tale of one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table is thrillingly reimagined in this gritty, contemporary novel. Richard Monaco has taken a slice of the Arthurian legend and created a thoroughly modern-minded re-imagining of the classic tale. Colorful medieval settings blend with a hard-edged look at human foibles and a romantic story of love and loss is narrated with a lean, contemporary sensibility to form a new, but still ageless, adventure that anyone can enjoy.

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LibraryThing member DinadansFriend

This is a brutal noir take on the European version of the "Holy Fool" figure. It shows us a world of Bully and Cringe, not the well embroidered tapestry of courtly behaviour shown by Thomas Malory. This is a necessary corrective, and is closer to the historical realities of military behaviour.

While i understand why Mr. Monaco wrote this, it is not one of my favourite treatments of "The Matter of Britain."

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