A Shadow All of Light In the province of Tlemia where human shadows are powerful commodities an apprentice shadow thief embarks on an extraordinary adventure This stylish episodic fantasy novel in the mode of classic J

In the province of Tlemia, where human shadows are powerful commodities, an apprentice shadow thief embarks on an extraordinary adventure.This stylish, episodic fantasy novel, in the mode of classic Jack Vance, follows the exploits of Falco, a young man from the country, who arrives in the port city of Tardocco with the ambition of becoming an apprentice to a master shadowIn the province of Tlemia, where human shadows are powerful commodities, an apprentice shadow thief embarks on an extraordinary adventure.This stylish, episodic fantasy novel, in the mode of classic Jack Vance, follows the exploits of Falco, a young man from the country, who arrives in the port city of Tardocco with the ambition of becoming an apprentice to a master shadow thief Maestro Astolfo, whose mysterious powers of observation would rival those of Sherlock Holmes, sees Falco s potential and puts him through a grueling series of physical lessons and intellectual tests.Falco s adventures coalesce into one overarching story of con men, monsters, ingenious detection, cats, and pirates A wry humor leavens this fantastical concoction, and the style is as rich and textured as one would hope for from Chappell, a distinguished poet as well as a World Fantasy Award winning fantasy writer.
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Fred Davis Chappell retired after 40 years as an English professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997 2002 He attended Duke University.His 1968 novel Dagon, which was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the Academie Fran aise, is a recasting of a Cthulhu Mythos horror story as a psychologically realistic Southern Gothic.His literary awards include the Prix de Meilleur des Livres Etrangers, the Bollingen Prize, and the T S Eliot Prize.