✍ Scribed by Guy Gavriel Kay
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Paperback, 672 pages
Published 2007
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (2008)
Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2008)
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2008)
On one holy, haunted night of the ancient year, when the borders between the living and the dead are down and fires are lit upon the hills, Ned, his family, and his friends are shockingly drawn into a tale, as dangerous, mythic figures from conflicts of long ago erupt into the present, claiming and changing lives.
Provence, in the south of France, is a part of the world that has been—and continues to be—called a paradise. But one of the lessons that history teaches is that paradise is coveted and fought over. Successive waves of invaders have claimed—or tried to claim—those vineyards, rivers, olive groves, and hills.
In Guy Gavriel Kay’s new novel, Ysabel, this duality—of exquisite beauty and violent history—is explored in a work that marks a departure from Kay’s historical fantasies set in various analogues of the past.
Ysabel takes place in the world of today: in a modern springtime, in and around the celebrated city of Aix-en-Provence near Marseilles. Dangerous, mythic figures from the Celtic and Roman conflicts of the past erupt into the present, claiming and changing lives.
The protagonist is Ned Marriner, the fifteen year-old son of a well-known photographer. Ned has accompanied his father, Edward Marriner, and a team of assistants to Provence for a six week “shoot.”Provence, in the south of France, is a part of the world that has been—and continues to be—called a paradise. But one of the lessons that history teaches is that paradise is coveted and fought over. Successive waves of invaders have claimed—or tried to claim—those vineyards, rivers, olive groves, and hills.
In Guy Gavriel Kay’s new novel, Ysabel, this duality—of exquisite beauty and violent history—is explored in a work that marks a departure from Kay’s historical fantasies set in various analogues of the past.
Ysabel takes place in the world of today: in a modern springtime, in and around the celebrated city of Aix-en-Provence near Marseilles. Dangerous, mythic figures from the Celtic and Roman conflicts of the past erupt into the present, claiming and changing lives.
The protagonist is Ned Marriner, the fifteen year-old son of a well-known photographer. Ned has accompanied his father, Edward Marriner, and a team of assistants to Provence for a six week “shoot.”
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### From Publishers Weekly *Starred Review.* Kay (\_The Last Light of the Sun\_) departs from his usual historical fantasies to connect the ancient, violent history of France to the present day in this entrancing contemporary fantasy. Fifteen-year-old Canadian Ned Marriner accompanies his famous ph
On one holy, haunted night of the ancient year, when the borders between the living and the dead are down and fires are lit upon the hills, Ned, his family, and his friends are shockingly drawn into a tale, as dangerous, mythic figures from conflicts of long ago erupt into the present, claiming and
SUMMARY: In this exhilarating, moving new work, Guy Gavriel Kay casts brilliant light on the ways in which historywhether of a culture or a familyrefuses to be buried. Ned Marriner, fifteen years old, has accompanied his photographer father to Provence for a six-week "shoot" of images for a glossy
Provence, in the south of France, is a part of the world that has beenand continues to becalled a paradise. But one of the lessons that history teaches is that paradise is coveted and fought over. Successive waves of invaders have claimedor tried to claimthose vineyards, rivers, olive groves, and hi
Mientras el joven Ned explora la catedral de Aix-en-Provence, se encuentra con Kate Wenger, una estudiante de intercambio estadounidense con un profundo conocimiento de la historia de la zona. Cuando sorprenden allí a un extraño con una cicatriz en la cara y un cuchillo, no saben cómo reaccionar. «C
Mientras el joven Ned explora la catedral de Aix-en-Provence, se encuentra con Kate Wenger, una estudiante de intercambio estadounidense con un profundo conocimiento de la historia de la zona. Cuando sorprenden allí a un extraño con una cicatriz en la cara y un cuchillo, no saben cómo reaccionar. 'C