![]() ![]() For instance, there is no rigid demarcation between good and evil characters in Tigana - both unforgivable cruelty and the most incredible tenderness can be present in the human heart, whether he or she is oppressor or oppressed. Guy Gavriel Kay asks difficult questions and makes it impossible for the reader to give simplistic answers. Maybe it’s because I never feel grown up enough to discuss the themes that the novel builds so eloquently and unforgettably. ![]() And yet, I seldom talk about it, the way that everyone I know finds out sooner or later what a Middle Earth geek I am. I read it first when I was seventeen years old, then maybe once or twice every year after that. Lewis, and the Earthsea series by Ursula K. ![]() Tolkien (of course), Watership Down by Richard Adams, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. For me, among these are The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. I’m talking about stories that are so well-crafted there’s always something new to discover every time you read them, stories that grow with your history and become your friends. Then there are those that never lose their hold on me, books that I return to year after year, because every time I enter those worlds, something magical happens. There are books which I love and rave about after one or two readings, but for some reason never pick up again. ![]()
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