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Urth: Book of the New Sun, Book 3
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James Lailey
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Gene Wolfe
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Banished for the sin of mercy, Severian, one of the ancient guild of Torturers, flees from exile. In a mountain wilderness.
Severian, the disgraced apprentice torturer, has reached his place of exile - Thrax, the city of Windowless Rooms, where he must take up his post as Lictor, executioner and torturer. However, he flees the city and heads into the mountains. There he meets the Alzabo, in whom those eaten seem to live on, adopts a son only to lose him in battle and discharges an old debt to vengeance. As his exile takes stranger and stranger turns, he encounters fanged aliens who hide behind masks of beauty, and meets the mysterious Dr Talos.
1983, World Fantasy Award, Short-listed
1983, BSFA Award, Short-listed
©2021 Gene Wolfe (P)2021 Orion Publishing GroupLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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