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| Original Title: | Ysabel |
| ISBN: | 0451461908 (ISBN13: 9780451461902) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2008), World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (2008), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2008) |
Guy Gavriel Kay
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.61 | 9537 Users | 909 Reviews
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| Title | : | Ysabel |
| Author | : | Guy Gavriel Kay |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | February 5th 2008 by Roc (first published January 9th 2007) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Young Adult. Urban Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Canada |
Description To Books Ysabel
Saint-Sauveur Cathedral of Aix-en-Provence is an ancient structure of many secrets-a perfect monument to fill the lens of a celebrated photographer, and a perfect place for the photographer's son, Ned Marriner, to lose himself while his father works.But the cathedral isn't the empty edifice it appears to be. Its history is very much alive in the present day-and it's calling out to Ned...
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Ratings: 3.61 From 9537 Users | 909 ReviewsAppraise About Books Ysabel
Innocent youth, move along. Nostalgic grownups, pass to the next review. My opinion is going to cause spluttering and defensive arguments, and maybe you'll want to call me names.I hated this book. It bored me to tears. The dialogue was lame, SO lame, incredible pure misery to slog through, as painful as a bullet shot in the knee to read. The terrible repartee of our heroic family and friends had me soon skimming past hundreds of pages, wondering when something funny or interesting would be underThis won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel just a few weeks ago, and since I've liked other stuff Kay has written, I decided to try this as well. I was very impressed. The characters are strong and believable. The situation was contemporary, but also very magical, and the way the characters interacted with the situation and each other was compelling. The resolution was very satisfying and I loved the way it worked. There was a price paid, but it was the right price, and it was very
Would not recommend and I've read 11 other books by Kay so I know what I'm talking about here.
This was my introduction to Guy Gavriel Kay. I found this book totally by accident one day while I was killing time at Penn Station in NYC and ran across a Barnes and Noble I had no idea was tucked away outside the station. This book, with this exact cover, was outfacing on the fantasy shelf and I could not look away from that face. Its a haunting face isn't it? The face of a statue that has weathered storms and seen the passing of the centuries but hasn't lost the deep, abiding beauty carved
Fifteen year old Ned goes on a trip with his famous photographer father and his team, who are setting up a major photo shoot in Provence. While exploring an old cathedral Ned meets a girl, Kate, who is visiting the area as an exchange student. They are checking out the baptistery of the church when Ned experiences a strange sense of deja vu and encounters a stranger climbing out of a hole in the floor. Things go from strange to bizarre when the stranger warns Ned to stay out things that don't
Ysabel is an amazing story that, in typical G.G.Kay style, blends the past and the present - and does it beautifully. Reading Kay's prose is such a treat - it's so beautiful and effortless, and the plot is fascinating and original. I always feel that his characters are living, breathing human beings. I didn't have quite the visceral reaction to the ending of Ysabel, that I did with Lord of Emperors (I sat on the bathroom floor and cried for hours, but maybe I shouldn't include this personal
I'm not sure wtf is going on w/ Kay. He's always had William Shatner-esque tendencies towards the overly dramatic statement. (KHAN!!!) I find it annoying but bearable if the plot and characterization are decent (See his Fionavar Tapestry trilogy for example). Here he introduces a 2nd element thats equally annoying: wrap the basic story in a wet blanket of obtuse statements. Much of the book is devoted to the characters either thinking or expounding on the fact that they dont know anything. Fine,
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