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The following is the CBC's capsule summary of Tigana from its list of 100 great Canadian novels from last July (they had a list of nonfiction this year, about which the less said the better):
Nearly every sentence of that paragraph is wrong in some way (beginning with omitting the "The" which ought to be the first word) - if not directly, then by implication.
ETA: Having glanced at the blurb on the back of the current paperback, it is clear from structural similarities that this results from the blurb being plagiarised^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H rewritten by someone who had not read the book. Bad, bad C.B.C.
Peninsula of the Palm is a cursed country. Warrior sorcerers have taken control of most of it, destroying as much culture and infrastructure as they can in the process. Nowhere is it worse than it is in in Tigana -- a place so dire that people can't even speak its name. But after years of living in darkness, citizens begin a movement to reclaim their beloved country. Guy Gavriel Kay's rich tale of fantasy and revenge is a reflection on what it means to lose one's culture and identity -- a theme sure to strike home with any reader.
Nearly every sentence of that paragraph is wrong in some way (beginning with omitting the "The" which ought to be the first word) - if not directly, then by implication.
ETA: Having glanced at the blurb on the back of the current paperback, it is clear from structural similarities that this results from the blurb being plagiarised^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H rewritten by someone who had not read the book. Bad, bad C.B.C.
