Isbn: 9780708880524 - harpist in the wind (16 risultati)

paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Harpist in the Wind (Orbit Books) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good+. No Jacket. Slight shelf wear, with chipping/rubbing to the spine/cover edges and creasing to the rear cover. Slight discolouration/faint rippling to the outer edges of pages 5-8. Good used reading condition. Used Book.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. There are fantasy novels filled with mighty battles, thunderous prophecies and enough enchanted swords to stock a respectable medieval ironmonger?s. Harpist in the Wind politely acknowledges all of that, then wanders off into stranger, quieter and infinitely more magical territory. Patricia McKillip was never interested in simply telling a fantasy story?she preferred to weave one, like an old song that somehow sounds familiar even when you?re hearing it for the first time. As the concluding volume of The Riddle-Master Trilogy , this novel follows Morgon of Hed as he edges ever closer to understanding the riddles that have shaped his life. Ancient powers awaken, old enemies emerge from the shadows, and long-hidden truths finally begin to reveal themselves. Yet this is no ordinary tale of heroes charging towards destiny. McKillip has an uncanny ability to make destiny itself seem slightly bewildered by the whole affair. The irony is that despite featuring shapechangers, mysterious stars, magical harps and world-altering powers, the greatest challenge often appears to be communication. Entire kingdoms teeter on the brink because people insist on speaking in riddles, prophecies or meaningful silences. One occasionally longs for someone to produce a large map, point at the problem and simply say, "There. That?s the villain. Off you go." Sadly?or wonderfully?that would rob the story of its enchantment. McKillip?s prose is perhaps the real magic here. Every page carries a dreamlike quality, rich with imagery and quiet emotion, where landscapes seem almost alive and conversations carry as much weight as battles. She writes fantasy with the confidence of someone who understands that mystery is often far more powerful than explanation. Rather than drowning readers in encyclopaedic lore, she allows the world to breathe, leaving enough unanswered questions to let your imagination happily fill the gaps. Readers expecting relentless action may find themselves pleasantly surprised to discover that this is fantasy with patience. It lingers over beauty, memory, identity and sacrifice. The climactic moments arrive not because armies happen to collide, but because characters finally come to understand themselves and each other. It?s an oddly refreshing reminder that saving the world occasionally requires wisdom before swordsmanship. There is also something delightfully timeless about the novel. Published in 1979, it predates many of the modern fantasy conventions that have since become obligatory. There are no grim antiheroes measuring moral ambiguity by the bucketful, no endless political committees arguing over dragons, and nobody appears to be secretly building an empire through property investment. Instead, the story quietly trusts the reader to appreciate elegance over spectacle?a remarkably confident approach that has helped the trilogy endure for decades. This Orbit edition has become something of a favourite among collectors of classic fantasy, capturing the era when bookshop shelves were filled with wonderfully painted covers promising worlds just slightly stranger than our own. It?s the sort of paperback that looks entirely at home beside Le Guin, Zelazny or Tolkien, quietly waiting for someone to discover that fantasy can also be poetic. This Good condition copy, offered by Crappy Old Books , has clearly travelled a little farther than Morgon himself. It may show the gentle signs of a life well read, but it remains perfectly ready to transport another adventurer into one of fantasy?s most beautifully written worlds. No magical harps are included, no shapechangers have been discovered between the pages, and thankfully none of the riddles require you to remember your online banking password. A quietly magnificent finale to one of the genre?s true classics.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Volume 3 of the Riddle-Master of Hed series Minimal age-related wear.

Condizione: vg++. vg++ Reprint Futura 1981 edition paperback, In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. Reprint.

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st of This Edition. A straight unmarked book, appears unread. Comes with "Riddle-Master of Hed", Futura 1979, uncatalogued, in good condition.

Paperback. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.