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Chargement... Damiano's lute (édition 1985)par R. A. NacAvoy
Information sur l'oeuvreDamiano's Lute par R. A. MacAvoy
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. While the book is beautifully written, the Kindle version is less than perfectly transcribed, causing me to struggle with the text. Still I enjoyed it quite a lot, although there were spots when I needed a tissue. I am glad I had Raphael, the third book in the trilogy, ready to go. What I liked was the exploration of love and personal responsibility. There are hard choices to be made and they have significant consequences. I am impatient to find out how this trilogy concludes. If you enjoy philosophical fantasy, this could be your cup of tea. Do start at the beginning of the series as you need that background to understand this book. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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This novel is a sequel to Damiano. Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Italian Renaissance, this alternate history takes place in a world where real faith-based magic exists. Our hero is Damiano Dalstrego. He is a wizard's son, an alchemist and the heir to dark magics. Shattered by the demonic fury of his dark powers, Damiano Delstrego has forsaken his magical heritage to live as a mortal man. Accompanied only by the guidance of the Archnagel Raphael, the chidings of a brash young rogue, and the memory of a beautiful pagan witch, Damiano journeys across a plague-ridden French countryside in search of peace. But the Father of Lies reaches out once again to grasp him. And to save himself from the hellish destiny that awaits him, Damiano must challenge the greatest forces of darkness, armed only with the power of his love and the music of his lute. The final volume of this story is Raphael. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Since renouncing his powers at the end of book 1, when he returned Saara's powers to her and also gave her his own, Damiano has become even more self-absorbed, living only for his lute playing. He and Gaspare continually rub each other up the wrong way. When Saara follows to try to restore his powers to him - and also demonstrate her feelings for Damiano physically - he recoils in horror. Only later does he realise he needs his powers back to find Gaspare's sister who was supposed to meet them in Avignon, currently the home of the Papacy, but failed to make the rendevous.
Meanwhile, the two boys become involved on the periphery of Papal politics, though that doesn't really come to much plotwise. And Damiano continues to be bothered by the devil, with whom he made a bargain to keep his hometown safe in book 1. In trying to defend him, his mentor and friend, the archangel Rafael, seems to be diminished.
After Damiano finally changes his mind about both his powers and Saara, positive developments at last seem to be on the horizon, but the situation in Avignon rapidly changes with devastating results.
As with book 1, the prose is beautifully written. However, the characters failed to engage. Despite the odd bit of humour with Damiano's temperamental horse, the loss of his talking dog from the first book was felt, together with the sheer unlikability of Gaspare who plays a large part in the story. And I found the final section completely unconvincing as Damiano switches from being self absorbed, dreamy and ineffectual most of the time, to being a self-sacrificing hero