The unputdownable new novel by the bestselling author of CODEX
Lev Grossman is a novelist and Time magazine's book critic. A graduate of Harvard and Yale, he has written articles for the New York Times, Salon, Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York and the Village Voice. In 2005 his debut novel Codex was published to great critical acclaim. He is also the author of The Magicians, The Magician King and The Magician's Land. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
This is a sophisticated, subtle novel that is also magical fun. I
can't imagine any lover of well-written classic fantasy ... who
won't adore it
*The Times*
Stirring, complex, adventurous . . . From the life of Quentin, his
slacker Park Slope Harry Potter, Grossman delivers superb coming of
age fantasy
*Junot Diaz, author of Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar
Wao*
This gripping novel draws on the conventions of contemporary and
classic fantasy novels (most obviously, those of J. K. Rowling and
C. S. Lewis) in order to upend them, and tell a darkly cunning
story about the power of imagination itself
*The New Yorker*
The novel's climax includes some spectacular magical battles to
complement the complex emotional entanglements Grossman has deftly
sketched in earlier chapters. Very dark and very scary, with no
simple answers provided - fantasy for grown-ups, in other words,
and very satisfying indeed
*Kirkus*
Anyone who grew up reading about magical wardrobes and unicorns and
talking trees before graduating to Less Than Zero and The Secret
History and Bright Lights, Big City will immediately feel right at
home with this smart, beautifully written book by Lev Grossman. The
Magicians is fantastic, in all senses of the word. It's strange,
fanciful, extravagant, eccentric, and truly remarkable - a great
story, masterfully told
*Scott Smith, author of The Ruins*
This is a sophisticated, subtle novel that is also magical fun. I
can't imagine any lover of well-written classic fantasy ... who
won't adore it * The Times *
Stirring, complex, adventurous . . . From the life of Quentin, his
slacker Park Slope Harry Potter, Grossman delivers superb coming of
age fantasy -- Junot Diaz, author of Drown and The Brief Wondrous
Life Of Oscar Wao
This gripping novel draws on the conventions of contemporary and
classic fantasy novels (most obviously, those of J. K. Rowling and
C. S. Lewis) in order to upend them, and tell a darkly cunning
story about the power of imagination itself * The New Yorker *
The novel's climax includes some spectacular magical battles to
complement the complex emotional entanglements Grossman has deftly
sketched in earlier chapters. Very dark and very scary, with no
simple answers provided - fantasy for grown-ups, in other words,
and very satisfying indeed * Kirkus *
Anyone who grew up reading about magical wardrobes and unicorns and
talking trees before graduating to Less Than Zero and The
Secret History and Bright Lights, Big City will
immediately feel right at home with this smart, beautifully written
book by Lev Grossman. The Magicians is fantastic, in all senses of
the word. It's strange, fanciful, extravagant, eccentric, and truly
remarkable - a great story, masterfully told -- Scott Smith, author
of The Ruins
Harry Potter discovers Narnia is real in this derivative fantasy thriller from Time book critic Grossman (Codex). Quentin Coldwater, a Brooklyn high school student devoted to a children's series set in the Narnia-like world of Fillory, is leading an aimless existence until he's tapped to enter a mysterious portal that leads to Brakebills College, an exclusive academy where he's taught magic. Coldwater, whose special gifts enable him to skip grades, finds his family's world "mundane and domestic" when he returns home for vacation. He loses his innocence after a prank unintentionally allows a powerful evil force known only as the Beast to enter the college and wreak havoc. Eventually, Coldwater's powers are put to the test when he learns that Fillory is a real place and how he can journey there. Genre fans will easily pick up the many nods to J.K. Rowling and C.S. Lewis, not to mention J.R.R. Tolkien in the climactic battle between the bad guy and a magician. 5-city author tour. (Aug.) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
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