Книга: Lev Grossman «The Magician's Land»

The Magician's Land

Quentin Coldwater has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams. With nothing left to lose he returns to where his story began, the Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic. But he can’t hide from his past, and it’s not long before it comes looking for him. Along with Plum, a brilliant young undergraduate with a dark secret of her own, Quentin sets out on a crooked path through a magical demimonde of gray magic and desperate characters. But all roads lead back to Fillory, andhis new life takes him to old haunts, like Antarctica, and to buried secrets and old friends he thought were lost forever. He uncovers the key to a sorcery masterwork, a spell that could create magical utopia, a new Fillory - but casting it will set in motion a chain of events that will bring Earthand Fillory crashing together. To save them he will have to risk sacrificing everything. The Magician’s Land is an intricate thriller, a fantastical epic, and an epic of love and...

Издательство: "Plume" (2015)

Формат: 140x210, 416 стр.

ISBN: 978-0-14-751614-5

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Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman (born 1969-06-26 ["Lev Grossman" in "Marquis' Who's Who on the Web" [database online] Marquis Who's Who LLC. Retrieved 2007-03-05.] ) is an American writer, notably the author of the novels "Codex" [http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/bookinterview_Grossman.asp] and "Warp." He also contributes regularly to "Time" as a book reviewer, although he sometimes explores more esoteric topics such as lolcatscite news
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He has written for "The New York Times", "Salon.com", "Lingua Franca", "Entertainment Weekly", "Time Out New York", and "The Village Voice".

In writing for "Time", he has also covered the consumer electronics industry, interviewing Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and reviewing videogames such as "Halo 2". He has interviewed Tom Clancy, Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman, Al Franken and Johnny Cash. A piece written by Grossman on the game "Halo 3" was criticized for casting gamers in an "unfavorable light". [ [http://news.filefront.com/time-magazine-takes-shots-at-gamers-with-halo-3-article/ Time Magazine Takes Shots at Gamers with Halo 3 Article ] ]

Grossman is the twin brother of video game author Austin Grossman, and brother of sculptor Bathsheba Grossman. He is an alumnus of Lexington High School and Harvard College. Grossman attended a Ph.D. program in comparative literature for three years, but left before completing his dissertation. He lives in Brooklyn.

External links

* [http://www.levgrossman.com/ Official Site]
* [http://time-blog.com/nerd_world/ Grossman's "Nerd World" Blog]

References

Источник: Lev Grossman

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