Tigana...

I've embarked on a reread of Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana, and I think I want to talk about it here. We're going to be discussing it on one of the Dunnett email lists, and this will help me keep on track - and if anyone here wants to comment on my comment, or read along with me, I'd be thrilled.

I first read it in 1990, when it came out, after hearing Guy Kay do a reading from it in Toronto, at the SF convention "Ad Astra".

I read it again about a decade ago.

I think it's time to read it again. I remember the general story, but not the details. It's one of my favourite fantasy novels of all time. Well, of course it is: Kay's two primary influences were J.R.R. Tolkien and Dorothy Dunnett. It doesn't get better than that.

Found this wonderful cover art from the Croatian edition of the novel - art that actually depicts the contents of the book!



I'm listing a few links here, but I'll warn anyone who hasn't read the book and wants to: don't look at the reviews before reading it. Don't read the blurbs, don't look for a synopsis, because there will almost certainly be spoilers. And the book is more fun without spoilers. On need to know basis: It's about a musical troupe and freedom fighters in a culture like Renaissance Italy.

Links, in case I might like them later:

• Guy Gavriel Kay's website, Bright Weavings
  
• An online readalong of Tigana from 2011, from The Literary Omnivore and Stella Matutina.
  
• review on Tumblr by neddasi
  
• GoodReads page
  
• Online discussion of Tigana on GoodReads
  
• Amazon link
  
• Trivia quiz - with answers. Major spoilers here.
  
• Tigana quotes
  

There are many reviews on line, some good, some bad. (Really!) I may explore them more later.