- Books and reading, Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Mystics
Jevick, the pepper merchant's son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common as they are rare in his home. When his father dies and Jevick takes his place on the yearly selling trip to Olondria, Jevick's life is as close to perfect as he can imagine.
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Grave, classical in form, richly built and earnest.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Sofia Samatar
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 300
- Publisher
- Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, Audible Studios on Brilliance, Small Beer Press
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781522672364
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