it is somehow a nexus for the mythical imagery of humanity and, when people come into close contact with it, can generate 'mythagos', or living embodiments of their mythic figures.

She is allegedly a warrior princess (not queen) but she does absolutely nothing except be protected by men. This gloomy, compelling stand of forest butts up against the family home, and had also been the obsession of their father.Nel panorama fantasy è sempre più difficile trovare un'opera originale, o che non vada a riproporre in maniera pedissequa canovacci già letti decine di volte. I was hoping for another all-time favorite, to join books like Oryx and Crake or The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It and the subsequent 'mythago' novels (including Lavondyss , which won the BSFA Award for Best Novel in 1988) cemented his reputation as the definitive portrayer of the wild wood. It seemed darker, somehow, more alive, and I noticed that the shrill September bird-sound of the forest edge was replaced, here, by a sporadic mournful song.

The love for G is also so obsessive (albeit that is the point) but it is obsessive in a really objectifying and creepy way. Con ciertas explicaciones bastante incomprensibles de su hermano y un diario de su padre, Steven empezara a comprender que sucede en el bosque Ryhope, el porqué de que su familia está obsesionada con él y su papel en esta misteriosa historia. She leaves behind her life to be with him: no more slitting the throats of wild boars or riding on giant stag. This is a book about obsession, first with the wood, then with self-creation, and finally with a woman who embodies both that wildness and creation. Or, if you want to look at it in a different way, it's the Grail quest motif as a symbol for the generative impulse.

There are unnecessary sections of lengthy exposition, and the characters themselves feel more like flat myths than anything real (possibly intentionally? I have a feeling that the books in the series build on each other and my appreciation for the first one will only deepen as I read the rest of the series.

But I tend to dislike stories where the line between real and imaginary is too thin because there are no rules, so there is no meaning and there are no stakes. Da nije bilo kombinacije dva sasvim različita trenutka - ovog prikaza (hvala Mladenu) i sedenja kod kuće - teško da bih je i sad pročitala. I love working with the mix and match of different legends, and The Hollowing, of all my work, is probably the richest and most complex novel in this way. And they ignored all of the things that I found intiguing: ancient languages, lost peoples, a potential way back to the Ice Age.The Hollowing contains the complete recipe for Hare Stew a la Royale, straight out of Elizabeth David (and based on an eighteenth century recipe) delivered as part of an action scene.

Ryhope Woods is full of mythological creatures, familiar heroes such as Robin Hood, and Hercules, but also mythological creatures that existed before written memory. George Huxley, επιστρέφει μετά τον πόλεμο στο σπίτι του, εκεί που μεγάλωσε, δίπλα στο δάσος του Ryhope. Many pages are spent delving into the past of the father but we learn early on what has happened to him.It's low page count and the fact makes it fast read and if description above has piqued your interest than you have a potential gem on your hands.