During war between Ygrath and Tigana, the son of the King of Ygrath is killed. In retaliation--in grief--Brandin of Ygrath, king and sorcerer, destroyed Tigana. He destroyed it be erasing it entirely from the minds of everyone, everyone except the people of Tigana. Their punishment is to know that to everyone else it's as if they never existed.
Brandin took everything they were, every mark they made on the world, and he made it so no one knows. No one but them. It would have been one thing if the Tiganans themselves couldn't remember, because there would be no pain for them. But they can remember. They do remember. And no one else does.
To me, that is unbearable. It's still difficult for me to grasp the entirety of that horror. To speak the name of your people and have no one but you even be able to hear it. I cannot imagine.
And then there is Brandin and Dianora. The great and tragic love of this book. There's no other way it could have ended but the way it did, but how I wished for something else.
And the great spoiler. That one that made me sob.
Three men see a riselka: one is blessed, one forks, one shall die.
Loved this so much I wrote fic.
We Should Have Met In Finavir
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25923
One of my favorite books is Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social. Have you read it?
My favorite thing is the curse. My second is Dianora. My third and fourth, the rusalka and the palm imagery. It's a rich, layered story.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/392080/tigana-by-guy-gavriel-kay/
#Bookstodon #BookRecs #Tigana #GuyGavrielKay #MyFavoriteBooks
Of course I can read any of the #books I have already open. Or ready to be #read.
Or I could just reread #Tigana. Again. Just one more time.
Just. One. More. Time.
#GuyGavrielKay #Fantasy
The first genre fiction I ever bought from my own money, back in 1992(?).
Some people have to read piles. I have to read boxes, whole cardboard containers I’ve had stacked up for years waiting for me to get around to perusing their contents.
Anyway I’m finally reading Guy Gavriel Kay’s #Tigana. #bookhoard @bookstodon
This goes out to all my #reading people out there. Who is the “new to you” author you found in 2022? What did you like about them? What book do you recommend? I’ll go first:
I discovered the Canadian author #GuyGabrielKay He’s notable for taking real life historical eras and turning them into fictional high fantasy. The majority of his books are standalone with a few two-book sets thrown in. I happily recommend #TIGANA but any book is a good starting point. #GreatBooks #Books #AmReading
genXcrone (she/her)
Pepijn Vemer
Sean Eric Fagan
Grant Canterbury
Fantasy for the Ages
Genevieve Williams
Happy Donkey
Luke: grue fodder