WRITTEN ON THE DARK
'Kay is a genius. I've read him all my life and am always inspired by his work' BRANDON SANDERSON
A sweeping new novel of love and war that brilliantly evokes the drama and turbulence of medieval France from the internationally bestselling author of Tigana, All the Seas of the World, and A Brightness Long Ago.
Thierry Villar is a well-known - even notorious - tavern poet, intimately familiar with the rogues and shadows of that world, but not at all with courts and power. He is an unlikely person, despite his quickness, to be swept into the deadly contests of ambitious royals, assassins, and invading armies.
But he is indeed drawn into all these things on a savagely cold night in his beloved city of Orane. And so Thierry must use all the intelligence and charm he can muster as power struggles merge with a decades-long war to bring his country to the brink of destruction.
As he does, he meets his poetic equal in an aristocratic woman and is drawn to more than one unsettling person with a connection to the world beyond this one. He also crosses paths with an extraordinary young woman driven by voices within to try to heal the ailing king - and help his forces in war. A wide and varied set of people from all walks of life take their places in the rich tapestry of this story.
Both sweeping and intimate, Written on the Dark is an elegant tour de force about power and ambition playing out amid the equally intense human need for art and beauty, and memories to be left behind.
Edad recomendada: Adultos
KAY GUY GAVRIEL
Guy Gavriel Kay Weyburn, Saskatchewan, 7 de noviembre de 1954 es un escritor canadiense de literatura fantástica. Kay estudió Filosofía en la Universidad de Manitoba y más tarde Derecho en la Universidad de Toronto. En su juventud colaboró con Christopher Tolkien en la edición de El Silmarillion de J.R.R. Tolkien en Oxford, experiencia que marcó su carrera literaria. Autor de quince novelas y un libro de poesía, sus obras se ambientan en mundos ficticios inspirados en contextos históricos reales, como Bizancio o la península ibérica medieval. Entre sus títulos más reconocidos figuran Tigana, El árbol del verano y Ysabel. Ha recibido premios como el Aurora y el Mundial de Fantasía.
