Lord Foul's Bane
mai 2012 · The First Chronicles: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever Livre 1 · Del Rey
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“Covenant is [Stephen R.] Donaldson's genius!”—The Village Voice
He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, because he dared not believe in this strange alternate world on which he suddenly found himself.
Yet the Land tempted him. He had been sick; now he seemed better than ever before. Through no fault of his own, he had been outcast, unclean, a pariah. Now he was regarded as a reincarnation of the Land's greatest hero—Berek Halfhand—armed with the mystic power of White Gold. That power alone could protect the Lords of the Land from the ancient evil of the Despiser, Lord Foul. Except that Covenant had no idea how to use that power. . . .
He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, because he dared not believe in this strange alternate world on which he suddenly found himself.
Yet the Land tempted him. He had been sick; now he seemed better than ever before. Through no fault of his own, he had been outcast, unclean, a pariah. Now he was regarded as a reincarnation of the Land's greatest hero—Berek Halfhand—armed with the mystic power of White Gold. That power alone could protect the Lords of the Land from the ancient evil of the Despiser, Lord Foul. Except that Covenant had no idea how to use that power. . . .
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16 mai 2012
Note to those who could not get read past the main character's first despicable act: It's a story about redemption. No redemption without a crime to redeem. The author raises the stakes by making those crimes especially unforgivable. That he makes the redemption emotionally satisfying (at least to me) after such behavior is a credit to the author. Yes, it's a demanding read for the many, many hundreds of pages of hating the main character's guts until we get to the redemption part. But believe me, it is not gratuitous, and every page of pain contributes to the end's dignity. (Donaldson would probably write "condign", but enough people spoke about his way with obscure words.) Do not hate the story for hating the character.
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Stephen R. Donaldson is the bestselling author of the series The Gap Cycle, Mordant's Need, and the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, including Lord Foul's Bane and The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant; and other works, such as Daughter of Regals and Other Tales and a mystery series under the pseudonym Reed Stephens. He is the recipient of the first prize of the British Science Fiction Society and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.
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