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The Art of Loss: Poems by Myrna Stone

Published in Paperback by Michigan State University Press (2001-05)

Author: Myrna Stone

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Highly recommended

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-11

"What is poetry?" is a question often asked and never answered, indeed unanswerable except in a personal context. I tend toward the "elevated speech" school, or "gorgeous language" persuasion, but language focussed on expressing deeply felt and perceived truth. So I find Myrna Stone's poems immensely satisfying.

Open her book at random, as I just have. "Penitential" says that on Saturday evening we went to church, perhaps for confession, perhaps for "devotions." Our religion impressed us with our guilt and need for penance. Still, walking home, we experienced the world as it was and knew that we would continue to need forgiveness. But this poem tells this ordinary tale in rich, magnificent language,

"...light has gathered,
luminous for a moment in its passage
into night, in its clear and familiar

sense of diminishing grace,
what the priests for years allowed us
from one summer Saturday to the next,
so that while feeding the dog or setting

the table, we might well look
up to find the kingdom of God suddenly
come, and ourselves, in our sparest
and smallest duties, surely wanting."

I don't think you have to be (or have been) Catholic to appreciate this poem.

There is variety in these poems, and wit, not always benign, for example, "Your Last Mistress" that begins
"Is older than I thought" and ends, after explaining that she has found a new lover,
"...She's back again
in the groove, in the saddle, back again
back on her back."

There are poems here that relate travel experiences, family difficulties and pleasures (sometimes experienced while travelling), and the pain of loss of parent - all with a very grown-up sensibility and mastery of expression to die for, or rather, to be most grateful for. To my mind and ear, these poems are a treasure.

The Working of Loss

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2003-10-13

In 'The Art of Loss' Myrna Stone starts with an ele-
giac poem to a poetry friend and ends with an elegiac poem to
her mother. Stone is doing tough and necessary work, namely:
Since we all lose in the end, how can we talk about being tri-
umphant? But in her mature, brilliant poems Myrna Stone does
triumph and bucks all of us up in the process-- with gems like
"Waiting for Daddy", "The Lost Boy", "Your Last Mistress", and
"Home Movies", to name just a few. And her poems dealing with
Van Gogh and Degas are superb ( "The Tub" is flat out aces.)
Stephen Dunn says that in Myrna Stone's poems "we
see pathos rise to the level of the sublime"-- a statement
that got me thinking of Charlie Chaplin, how he would have
loved these poems! Lucky for us, we can savor them:

And if you begin to speak to me
of what desire is like on the opposing
plane, of what extreme punishments
or pleasures await even the least of us

I would dissuade you,
I would kiss your cheek and lead you here
to this room, to this chair, this desk
and this window's suddenly luminescent view.
WORDS FOR MY MOTHER

'The Art of Loss'is one book we should keep close by as we
go through this crazy world.

A Poet to Watch

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-04

Here is a poet who loves the language. Each word of each poem is finely tuned. I have followed her poems for years. Read The Art of Loss and you will not be disappointed. Her language sings and soothes. Simulacrum, From the Kitchen, My Mother's Room, Taraxacum Officinale and Words for My Mother, are just a few of my favorites. This book is a keeper!

Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca (World of Art)

Published in Paperback by Thames & Hudson (1995-12)

Author: Rebecca Stone-Miller

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Incredible window into Pre-contact Andean world

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Review Date: 2008-09-07

Illustrations, analysis - all incredible. A wonderful first book for people curious about the indigenous Andean world

Balanced and Astute

Helpful Votes: 10 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2004-07-08

This book stands out, among many others, for the quality of insight that Rebecca Stone-Miller brings to her study of Andean art. Not content with simple typology and iconography, her account is illuminated by the cultural constants - "duality, reciprocity, hierarchy, and embeddedness in nature" (p. 218) that she finds in the underlying Andean cultures. Art history, in these terms, becomes an exploration of meaning, both of the art that is produced and of the culture that produces it. It's rare to find so much insight in an introductory book; I highly recommend it.

Another strength of the book is the nicely-judged balance of attention that the author pays to the multitude of cultures (including the Chavin, Nasca, Moche, Wari, Tiwanaku, Chimu, and Inca, to name just some) that weave together into the Andean tapestry. The author also provides balanced coverage of all the arts -- metalwork, tapestry, featherwork, stone working, and architecture, in addition to the ever-popular ceramics (pottery).

With so much ground to cover, there are relatively few individual ceramic examples in the book; this unfortunately gives a too-restricted an idea of the range of form, beauty, and variety of Pre-Columbian pottery from South America. I recommend a book such as "Ceramics of Ancient Peru," by Christopher B. Donnan, as a supplement to Rebecca Stone-Miller's study.

A small number of errors have made it through the second edition. For example, the distance from Quito to Santiago is quoted as 3400 miles, rather than the correct 3400 kilometers. A bothersome number of specialized terms were left out of the index. A glossary would have been helpful, and one wishes that more of the photos had been printed in color rather than black and white.

In summary, "Art of the Andes" is a balanced and insightful survey that should appeal to a wide variety of readers. It's the kind of book that doesn't just sit on the shelf after one reading, but gets picked up again, thumbed through, and read more than once.

Excellent historical overview of native Andean art.

Helpful Votes: 17 out of 18 total.
Review Date: 2000-09-23

This is an excellent overview of native Andean artform the earliest perod through Chavin, Paracas, Nasca, Moche, Tiwanaku, Wari, to Incan. Covers architecture, textiles ,pottery and metallic arts. Looks at the main themes of religious and secular art in these various mediums. Text is accompanied by many black and white photographs, drawings and plans. Some photographs are in colour.

I found this work most interesting for the way it brings out the Andean worldview through the artistic artifacts remaining of those cultures. The work is also reasonably priced and up to date.

The Astro Boy Essays: Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution

Published in Paperback by Stone Bridge Press (2007-07-01)

Author: Frederik L. Schodt

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A book every anime/manga fan needs to read

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-08-30

I just happened upon this book when I was shopping for manga and thought it looked like a good read. Well, it's a great read! Finally a book in English about Tezuka!

Schodt does an amazing job breaking down Mighty Atom/Astro Boy along with Tezuka. He actually knew Tezuka so he brings a great insight to this work. The images in the book are great as well, especially the color inserts at the beginning of the book. Included are a great index of all the manga and anime episodes, and a character guide with both Japanese and English character names.

If you are a fan of anime, manga, or both, you will want to read this book to know why the two art forms are so popular today, not only in Japan, but all across the world!

Made in Japan

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2007-08-01

I don't think the onslaught of Japanese pop culture would not take fruition if not for the talented work of Osamu Tezuka. He influenced his country men for many generations and his manga books are still published today and are fresh as they were printed over 60 years. The man has left a mark on more artists/animators than Walt Disney ever did. Frederik L. Schodt delves into the framework of this genius who set the blueprint to all manga and anime that we are used to. If not for Osamu Tezuka, I think Japanese manga and anime would be dormant, as with the Beatles a slew of bands followed them, but there was only one Beatles and they will always be standing tall in their heap in the part pop culture as will Osamu Tezuka will be for the Japanese culture, his name is under every breath of new creation that comes from that part of the world and has crossed oceans with his universal ideas and will leave a giant imprint for many more years yet to come. Astro Boy Collection Box Set

Say Hello to the God of Manga! (Manga no Kami-sama ni Yoroshiku!)

Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-25

You will not believe me when I try to tell you about Osamu Tezuka. He drew over 150,000 pages of manga in his lifetime, more than 700 separate series, and more than 70 anime, films and movies. He was a pioneer every genre, from hard sci-fi to mahou shoujo to adult films. He developed the drawing and animation techniques that still dominate the industry today. Today's greats, from Rintaro to Yoshiyuki Tomino, worked and studied with him. He was a political activist, writing against war, racism, environmental exploitation, medical corruption. He was a national hero of Japan, and under consideration for the Nobel Prize in literature when he passed away in 1989. Astro Boy, Black Jack, Kimba the White Lion, Metropolis, Phoenix, Buddha and Princess Knight are only the best known of literally hundreds of creations which have impacted every corner of the manga world. If you think this sounds like too much for one man to plausibly accomplish in a lifetime, you're far from the only one who finds Osamu Tezuka a little superhuman.

Fred Schodt, author of Dreamland Japan Manga! Manga!: the World of Japanese Comics and translator of Phoenix, Astro Boy and more, was a personal friend of the "God of Comics" and his translator when Tezuka visited America. In his long-awaited Astro Boy Essays, Schodt gives a concise and detailed introduction to the life, influence and significance of Tezuka in the history of Japan and the international comics world. Focusing on Tezuka's best known work, the anti-racist children's classic Astro Boy, it gives efficient, approachable portraits of Osamu Tezuka's life and personality, the atmosphere in Japan during and after WWII and their effect on the manga industry, the nightmarish behind-the-scenes production schedule that birthed Japan's first animated TV series, and the spread of Astro Boy as a Japanese, and later an international symbol of peace, technology, hope for the future, and above all of Japan itself. The rocky history of Astro Boy's American distribution gives a fascinating look at the beginnings of American anime fandom, and how many barriers had to be broken to achieve the comparatively-smooth licensing and distribution system in place today. All the material is presented in a format beginners can understand, but with enough details that even experts will find themselves learning more with every page. The Astro Boy Essays is an invaluable contribution to manga scholarship, and provides a window for American otaku to finally learn about the "God" who made anime what it is today.

For more information about the book, see:
www.stonebridge.com/AstroBoy/AstroBoy.html

For more information about Osamu Tezuka, his life and works, see:
TezukaInEnglish.com

At the Eleventh Hour: Caring for My Dying Mother

Published in Paperback by Present Perfect Books (2001-08)

Author: Susan Carol Stone

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Poignant memory, and keen awareness of karma

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2001-11-13

At The Eleventh Hour: Caring For My Dying Mother is author Susan Stone's own story, when the cancer diagnosis of her mother caused her to interrupt her life in a Buddhist monastery to cope with the reality of her mother's impending death. Closeness, loss, sadness and renewal are the hallmarks of this introspective yet warm book. Written with strength, poignant memory, and keen awareness of karma, At The Eleventh Hour is singularly affirming and highly recommended reading for students of Buddhism with respect to issues of death and dying, as well as anyone attempting to cope with the aging and infirmities of their parent's final days.

At the Eleventh Hour: Caring for My Dying Mother

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2002-01-10

"Once I opened 'At the Eleventh Hour,' I found it hard to put down. I looked forward to returning to it each evening, and when I finished there was sadness for me in saying goodbye to both Susan and her mom. I see the book as a chapter in a mindful life and I look forward to the sequel."
Lisa Grinnell
Kusinara
Center for Conscious Living & Aging
Gila, NM

Beautifully shifts the focus, and balances the perspective

Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2002-01-18

This lovely work truly distinguishes itself from other memoirs about the loss of a parent. Instead of making the author/daughter the "heroine" who rescues her mother and becomes a saint in the process, Susan Stone sees herself in a dynamic where her mother is the teacher as well. This is about Buddhist practice, not just daughterly responsibility.

What I like best is how Stone catches herself in moments of arrogance or manipulation that other, less mindful people wouldn't even notice. She walks through the map of her own behavior and responses, and points out what she did, and what she thinks she could have done. Her behavior is quite exemplary, but it is also evident that she had enormous help from a mother who *also* worked very hard to do what was right. The book ends up being an homage to her mother's enlightenment.

My own father was dying when someone gave this book to me. My first thought was "Thanks, but I don't need a book to tell me how to feel." When I actually read it, though, I loved it, and learned so much about how to honor my dying father, rather than just focus on my own needs, strengths, and weaknesses. Stone is adept at shifting the focus to the strengths and gifts of the dying parent.

It's a beautiful book, and I hope it finds a large audience.

Carole Sargent, Ph.D., English professor

Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature)

Published in Paperback by Stone Bridge Press (1996-09-01)

Author: Matsuo Basho

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To start with it's Basho.

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Review Date: 1998-08-08

This is a very well translated and annotated edition of this great work.

Nice

Helpful Votes: 10 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2002-11-24

This was the first time that I have read Basho's Narrow Road to Oku, snd I enjoyed it a great deal. Actually I read it twice this week. The first time I read through it I tried to read it without using the notes. I was lazy, so it came out that I really didn't enjoy what I was reading because I really didn't know what was going on throughout most of the book, so I read it again using the notes, and I got much more out of it. The annotations are on the left page while the actual text is on the right page, so there is no flipping to the back of the book every time that you need to look up something. There are endnotes that give more information about the haiku Basho writes. This is a very cool book, that gives the reader a glimpse at the literary world of japan back during the 17th century.

A Japanese journey during the 17th century

Helpful Votes: 18 out of 18 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-27

Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (9/06)

Matsuo Basho (1644-94) was a famous Japanese haiku poet. In 1689, he took a 1,233 mile journey across Japan. His travels lasted five months. He was joined by his friend Kawai Sora. Basho wrote about this trip. He titled it, "Oku No Hosomichi," which translates to "Narrow Road to the Interior." This story is considered to be a masterpiece of Japanese literature. He took four years to write it and revise it.

Basho started this trip when his house burned down. He had two goals. One goal was spiritual; it involved "poetic truth." The other goal was a practical one in which he would use his travels to become well known as a poet. Sora developed stomach problems and had to end his travels with Basho. Basho wrote a short piece for him. In the second part of this book, there is a translation of "A Farewell Gift to Sora."

Basho funded his travels with donations from wealthy friends and students. He felt that there were three types of poets. The first type is confused noisemakers. The second type is wealthy people who desire to write instead of gossip. The third type is poets who work hard at writing true poetry. These poets write to "soothe their heart." Basho was the third type of poet.

Hiroaki Sato includes annotations to go along with the writings. This adds richness to the story and helps explain more about the culture and what was happening at the time. I read the story first with the annotations to gain understanding of what I was reading; then I went back and reread the story by itself so that I could feel how it flowed. Without the annotations, I would have enjoyed Basho's story, but I would not have understood much of what was written. Sato also includes pages of notes and commentaries. This is a well researched piece. "Basho's Narrow Road" is a beautiful story about Basho's travels. In it he reflects on the beauty of the countryside and the spirit of the people that he encounters.

I recommend "Basho's Narrow Road" to people that enjoy Japanese poetry, especially Haiku. It would also be a great book to use for a college literature class. I really enjoyed Basho's journey.

The Berkeley Book of College Essays: Personal Statements for California Universities and Other Select Schools (A Cody's Book)

Published in Paperback by Stone Bridge Press (2007-09-01)

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An interesting read

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Review Date: 2008-10-08

An interesting look into the hearts and minds of Berkeley High School students as they prepare for the next steps in their educational journeys. The essays are well written, authentic and touching. After reading this book, I can see why the students were admitted to college. A good read for anyone who wants to gain insight into teen perspectives, which the kids honestly put forth their college essays.

Helpful and Fascinating Book

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Review Date: 2008-10-08

An amazing book -- both in terms of what life is like for Berkeley High students and what colleges want to learn about them through their essays. Very diverse selection of students, in terms of their interests and backgrounds. Well edited, quite helpful.

Berkeley College Essays

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Review Date: 2007-10-29

This is an extremely engaging book which clearly presents the diverse styles and interests of the students of Berkeley High and the essays that have helped get them into colleges.

Beyond the Stone Arches: An American Medical Missonary Doctor in China 1892-1932

Published in Unbound by John Wiley & Sons (2001-01)

Authors: Edward Bliss and Edward Bliss Jr

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Great Gift Idea for Father's Day!!

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2001-06-01

From what I've read of reviews and from what I know of the content of this beautifully written biography of a father by his son.

A pioneer missionary doctor in China: a true adventure tale

Helpful Votes: 19 out of 19 total.
Review Date: 2001-01-27

"Beyond the Stone Arches" is the gripping story of a pioneer missionary doctor who served for four decades in a mission station deep in the interior of Fujian province. Each chapter could stand alone, for the scene changes from Imperial China to the shaky, new Republic in 1911, to civil wars, banditry, floods, plague and cholera epidemics - but through it all, Edward Bliss, Jr. tells the story of his father's daily work, his love for China and its people, his ventures such as raising milk cows so children could have milk, and his courage in the face of danger from Communist guerrillas, bandit gangs and rampant warlords. The book reads like an autobiography, for the author draws heavily on his own extensive interviews with his father and his father's letters, plus the author's own memories of childhood in pre-modern China. This is not a stereotype "missionary book!"

beautifully realized

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2003-06-28

This is a wonderfully written account of a missionary's life in early 20th century China. Both educational and entertaining. Well worth the reader's time. Ed Bliss does the subject exquisite justice.

Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks: The Story of the Lake, the Land, and the People

Published in Paperback by Syracuse University Press (2004-05)

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Fascinating

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Review Date: 2008-04-23

This is a fascinating look at the history and beauty of the wonderfully remote Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks. The site of many historic great camps, a couple of which are still open for accomodations, the lake is also the site of the Gilette - Brown murder, the first "trial of the century" of the 1900's. This book even lists the history of each parcel of property on the lake. Many historic photographs show Big Moose in all its glory.

Awards for this book

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Review Date: 2005-12-24

"Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks" has been recognized for excellence in state and local history by the national organization, the American Association for State and Local History and also by the New York State Upstate History Alliance.

How people's lives changed over the course of 100 years

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Review Date: 2004-08-07

Big Moose Lake In The Adirondacks: The Story Of The Lake, The Land, And The People is a local history project under the editorship of Jane Barlow and authorized by the Big Moose Lake History Project Committee. It tells the true story of the growth of the lakeside community that became famous because of the incident that inspired Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy." Beginning in the 1870's, and following how people's lives changed over the course of 100 years, Big Moose Lake In The Adirondacks uses both extensive, well-documented detail and black-and-white photographs to paint a revealing picture of humble daily life across the span of a century.

Bones, Stones and Molecules: "Out of Africa" and Human Origins

Published in Paperback by Academic Press (2004-06-03)

Authors: David W. Cameron and Colin P. Groves

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Great read, showcasing the latest fossils!

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Review Date: 2004-07-29

This is a great read for anyone interested in human evolution. It includes all of the most recent fossil hominid discoveries as well as providing an up-to-date overview and systematic analysis of human evolution over the last 6 million years or so (including molecular - archaeological information). It provides a convincing argument for the 'Out of Africa' Hypothesis for modern human origins. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in evolution and human and great ape evolution in particular.

Valuable reference for academics and laymen alike

Helpful Votes: 13 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2004-09-05

Cameron and Groves have produced a handsome volume that details the anatomical structure of the species immediately ancestral to homo sapiens, and fleshes out the multiple "Out of Africa" episodes that have characterised the longer span of human evolution.

Full of ecological and detailed anatomical descriptions of the key species in human evolution, this volume very rarely, if not uniquely, integrates the story of hominid anatomical adaptation and modification across the Miocene through to the Holocene.

Students of paleoanthropology will not find a more thorough one volume overview, which while going far beyond being an introduction, admirably serves that role to.

For those who want to come to grips with, at a very detailed level, the drivers and form of anatomical and associated behavioural change amongst the human ancestral species, this Cameron/Groves volume is the ideal reference.

Multiregionalism Debunked

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2006-08-19

Alternating between hard-core and literary, "Bones, Stones and Molecules" covers all of the latest anthropological discoveries and developments. Sahelanthropus and Orrorin are breaking news in paleoanthropology and are covered early in the book. These two new fossils are from the "wrong" side of the Great Rift Valley and neatly dispense with another recent favorite theory of human origins that involved the stranding of Old World and New World monkeys on either side of the Great Rift.

"Out of Africa" versus the "Multiregional" hypothesis are the book's main focus, and "Out of Africa" comes out the clear winner. David Cameron and Colin Groves each have their own slant on human origins, and these are clearly depicted in dozens of cladograms, each co-author posing variations. There are numerous sketches and photographs, and brief boxed interludes that also display a sense of humor.

"Bones, Stones and Molecules" introduces Groves' strong background in Australian fossils, the controversy over the timeline of Australian colonization has ramifications that affect much of anthropology. This is a solid book best suited to those with previous knowledge of the field. The appendix provides mathematical proof of assertions made in the book, hundreds of anatomical measurements are detailed. There are very few works that achieve such an excellent balance between mathematical rigor and literary readability.

The Book of the Stone

Published in Hardcover by Thorndike Press (2002-07)

Author: Diana L. Paxson

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Why isn't ridley scott making a movie of this???

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Review Date: 2002-11-13

I don't even know where to begin. Of all the books I've ever read--and there have been many--involving king arthur, the fall of the roman empire, sub-roman britain, etc...paxson is one of those authors where I can just see the drama as it would unveil on the large screen cinema. Her twist on these characters is fresh and original, her female protagonists strong, intelligent, and unsentimental without outshining the men. Her action sequences are robust, yet she can write a berserker-rage of Oesc (the saxon prince of the second novel), as sensitively as she can write Gueniver's uncertain reluctance to be a queen, or the fledgling, star-crossed and belated love of arthur and his "white phantom". Her keenest strength is her portrayal of traditional "villains"; for with Paxson, they cease to be good or bad, but become complex characters, full of their own ideals and sense of honor within a savage world of changing customs and clashing cultures which so encompasses our own modern era. Three words--READ THESE BOOKS!! YOu will not regret it, i promise.

The Hallowed Isle: The Book of the Stone

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Review Date: 2001-06-21

I recently purchased The Hallowed Isle (The Book of the Sword, The Book of the Spear, The Book of the Cauldron, & The Book of the Stone. I am a major believer and admirer of King Arthur (Artor)and have read & own many books on him, fiction & non-fiction. I do believe that of all the fiction versions of his story I have read, Diana Paxson's is the best. She actually had me in tears at the end, even though I of course knew the ending already. The book is beautifully and believably written. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it & will eventually read it again. She made Artor a very real person.

one of the greatest!

Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2000-03-15

What's in a novel? A great novel has characters that live forever in our imagination, high tension of destiny and free will, gripping emotions, an inspiration that takes us to archetypal heights. The Hallowed Isle is that, and more. Diana Paxson retells the most loved and haunting romance of the Western Soul,the Arthurian cycle. The Sword, the Spear,the Cauldron,and the Stone, the Hallows, are four books that open a fresh understanding of the myth,giving vulnerable human flesh and spirit to the inmortal story.It's a towering book, a masterpiece. Stays inside as a beacon bringing light to our Arthur, our Guendivar, our Merlin,the Lady of the Lake...

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