A BEST SUMMER READ: Los Angeles Times, Vulture, Boston Globe, Elle, Town & Country, Seattle Times, New York Post, Lit Hub, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Paste, E-Online, BookRiot“For anyone who’s ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting.” —Rebecca Yarros, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame“If you love King Arthur as much as I do, you’ll love Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword, a fresh and engrossing take on the Matter of Britain featuring a colorful cast of Round Table knights who don’t often get as much story time as they deserve. The creator of The Magicians has woven another spell.” —George R. R. Martin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Game of ThronesThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millenniumA gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, only to find that he’s too late. The king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, leaving no heir, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table survive.They aren’t the heroes of legend, like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, from the edges of the stories, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. Together this ragtag fellowship will set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance.But Arthur’s death has revealed Britain’s fault lines. God has abandoned it, and the fairies and monsters and old gods are returning, led by Arthur’s half-sister Morgan le Fay. Kingdoms are turning on each other, warlords lay siege to Camelot and rival factions are forming around the disgraced Lancelot and the fallen Queen Guinevere. It is up to Collum and his companions to reclaim Excalibur, solve the mysteries of this ruined world and make it whole again. But before they can restore Camelot they’ll have to learn the truth of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell, and lay to rest the ghosts of his troubled family and of Britain’s dark past.The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, The Bright Sword is steeped in tradition, full of duels and quests, battles and tournaments, magic swords and Fisher Kings. It also sheds a fresh light on Arthur’s Britain, a diverse, complex nation struggling to come to terms with its bloody history. The Bright Sword is a story about imperfect men and women, full of strength and pain, who are looking for a way to reforge a broken land in spite of being broken themselves.
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The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur
von Lev Grossman
A BEST SUMMER READ: Los Angeles Times, Vulture, Boston Globe, Elle, Town & Country, Seattle Times, New York Post, Lit Hub, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Paste, E-Online, BookRiot“For anyone who’s ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting.” —Rebecca Yarros, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame“If you love King Arthur as much as I do, you’ll love Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword, a fresh and engrossing take on the Matter of Britain featuring a colorful cast of Round Table knights who don’t often get as much story time as they deserve. The creator of The Magicians has woven another spell.” —George R. R. Martin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Game of ThronesThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millenniumA gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, only to find that he’s too late. The king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, leaving no heir, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table survive.They aren’t the heroes of legend, like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, from the edges of the stories, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. Together this ragtag fellowship will set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance.But Arthur’s death has revealed Britain’s fault lines. God has abandoned it, and the fairies and monsters and old gods are returning, led by Arthur’s half-sister Morgan le Fay. Kingdoms are turning on each other, warlords lay siege to Camelot and rival factions are forming around the disgraced Lancelot and the fallen Queen Guinevere. It is up to Collum and his companions to reclaim Excalibur, solve the mysteries of this ruined world and make it whole again. But before they can restore Camelot they’ll have to learn the truth of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell, and lay to rest the ghosts of his troubled family and of Britain’s dark past.The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, The Bright Sword is steeped in tradition, full of duels and quests, battles and tournaments, magic swords and Fisher Kings. It also sheds a fresh light on Arthur’s Britain, a diverse, complex nation struggling to come to terms with its bloody history. The Bright Sword is a story about imperfect men and women, full of strength and pain, who are looking for a way to reforge a broken land in spite of being broken themselves.
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Rezension von Dana M.I have never read a book quite like this before. I knew nothing about King Arthur, and nothing about the legends of Camelot and its knights. But after reading this book, I want to learn more — and I think that is a remarkable achievement for any story: to make readers curious about its world and eager to dig deeper. The writing was simply beautiful. I want to read this book again, purely for the beauty of the prose. It truly felt like I was living inside a fairy tale. I loved meeting all the characters — the good, the bad, and the ones who were so awful I wanted to throw the book at them (merlin was just horrible)… yet still found myself fascinated by why they were so awful. (looking at you, lancelot). I enjoyed reading about the knights and the reasons they had come to Camelot. None of them were perfect, but they were all trying so desperately to be — something that, I suspect, a few of us readers might understand all too well. I’m not religious in any way, so it was fascinating to read about their relationship with God (or other gods) and how those beliefs evolved over the course of their lives and struggles. Early in the book, one character says that he has never felt whole and wishes he knew what that would feel like — that line brought tears to my eyes. I loved that the theme of “healing trauma” and “wanting to feel whole and accepted” ran throughout the entire story. By the end, there was a moment that brought this theme to a perfect close: *“We had it all wrong!” Arthur called. “We were whole all along! Don’t you see? We’d only forgotten! We were always whole.”* To me, the characters were searching for God because they wanted to feel loved, accepted, and worthy. They sought miracles in the hope that it would make them feel better — but God couldn’t heal their deepest wounds. They had to learn to believe in themselves. I also appreciated the reflections on childhood without loving parents, and how Arthur never truly healed from that absence. He tried to be the perfect son for his God and maybe that was the problem: “All boys need a father’s love, and they’ll do anything to get it, and Arthur had tried being good, and it hadn’t worked, so that left only greatness. Perfection. If only, if only Arthur had had a father there to say, it’s all right, this is good enough. You can stop now, I will love you whatever happens, whatever you do, whoever you are.” This was a fairy tale, an adventure, an escape, a reflection, and so much more. I even enjoyed the short stories interwoven between the chapters. I’ve heard some readers didn’t like them because they interrupted the main plot, but I appreciated that the book embraced a different pacing. For me, it was perfect exactly as it is.
Rezension von kenI never think to embark on an Arthuriana journey, but by the grace of god this book found me and became my first. Replete with everything I could ever want in a fantasy novel, <i>The Bright Sword</i> has it all and more besides. Every worthwhile story requires a stable foundation and what's more foundational than Arthur? Yet he is nothing more than an objective, a substitute for the Grail. He is what the primary characters are reaching for, always eluding them until The End. From the backstories, the winding way that only a Quest can lead a character, <i>The Bright Sword</i> kept me reading. No dull moment, every event crucial. Especially the revisions it makes with the popular conscience (I may not have read a lot of Arthuriana but I at least know <i>something</i> of Lancelot and Guinevere). And you know what? It does make sense what Grossman does with Lancelot. It makes him more interesting, a captivating explanation for his identity as a 'pure and perfect knight', without sacrificing that aspect of him. Well-written, lush prose. Tightly-packed scenes. History by the barrel. <i>And</i> a touching ending? One of the best reads of the year. <blockquote><i>. . . Why would the future be simpler than the past? Stories never really ended, they just rolled one into the next. The past was never wholly lost, and the future was never quite found. We wander forever in a pathless forest, dropping with weariness, as home draws us back, and the grail draws us on, and we never arrive, and the quest never ends. Till the Last Day, and maybe not even then. Who knows what stories they tell in Heaven.</blockquote></i>
Rezension von Liza4/5 Stars It’s a fresh, gripping take on Arthurian legend. The writing is sharp, the characters complex, and the story explores the cost of heroism in a crumbling world. A bit uneven in pacing, but overall a powerful and memorable read. I would definitely recommend reading it.