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Throne of the Crescent Moon
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(Hugo & Nebula nominee, 2013)

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Fungus Gnat
When a friend’s niece and her family are killed, the expert but aging ghul-hunter Adoulla sets off to track down who or what killed them, taking with him his young dervish assistant. When they meet a shape-shifting desert tribe girl whose entire band has been slaughtered, Adoulla knows they are dealing with a greater and more malevolent power than he expected. This quest fantasy gains interest from its setting, which is very similar to the Arab world of some centuries ago. Exoticism drenches the ...more
Zeruhur
Dec 29, 2014 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy
Ho sempre amato l’atmosfera orientaleggiante dei classici racconti de Le mille e una notte. Questo amore antico meriterebbe una lunga digressione, che poi diventerebbe un articolo sé stante, quindi rimando ad altra occasione.

L’orientalismo ha suscitato sempre grande fascino sin dal primo ascolto di Scheherazade di Rimsky-Korsakov.
Quando ho scoperto l’esistenza di un “nuovo” filone del fantasy che riecheggia le favolose atmosfere, ho fatto tesoro dei titoli, posto tutto in wishlist e atteso tempi
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Xdyj
Apr 30, 2013 rated it liked it
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I like the pseudo-Arabia setting & I think it is better written than most books in its genre, however I'm not sure if I care about any of the characters in it. ...more
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