Il Mare senza Stelle

eBook, 600 pages

Italiano language

Published Nov. 9, 2020 by Fazi.

ISBN:
978-88-9325-636-0
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Zachary Ezra Rawlins è uno studente del Vermont che un giorno trova un libro misterioso nascosto fra gli scaffali della biblioteca universitaria. Mentre lo sfoglia, affascinato da racconti di prigionieri disperati, collezionisti di chiavi e adepti senza nome, legge qualcosa di strano: fra quelle pagine è custodito un episodio della sua infanzia. È soltanto il primo di una lunga catena di enigmi. Una serie di indizi disseminati lungo il suo cammino – un’ape, una chiave, una spada – lo conduce a una festa in maschera a New York, poi in un club segreto e infine in un’antica libreria sotterranea. Là sotto trova ben più di un nascondiglio per i libri: ci sono città disperse e mari sterminati, amanti che fanno scivolare messaggi sotto le porte e attraverso il tempo, storie bisbigliate da ombre. C’è chi ha sacrificato tutto per proteggere questo regno ormai dimenticato, trattenendo sguardi e parole per preservare …

14 editions

A new fairytale

I love a fantastical narrative, but I guess I have a heart of SF underneath it all so I found the shifting internal story-logic (not unlike dream-logic) a bit unsatisfying. But I also love a good yarn, and this one has enough to keep an entire battalion of kittens occupied until Spring.

I loved the characters and place descriptions, and the plot is a total page turner. The visuals: unique and haecceitous. The media references: chef's kiss.

The Starless Sea

This book felt like it wanted to be too much. At least for me, it was a bit tedious to read, too many interwoven stories and metaphors. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood, but reading it seemed like work.

Stories within stories…

It is very easy for the stories within stories within stories thing to fall flat, to not come together.

This book is what happens when it is done well.

Audiobook note: there’s a bunch of narrators, and because audiobook sellers haven’t figured out how to handle that well, it’s possible you’ll like the sample but then not like one of the other narrators.

Review of 'The Starless Sea' on 'Storygraph'

It’s very good but I think Zachary would say it has too many side quests.

There’s something wonderfully perverse about a story this obsessed with stories. Like the distilled essence of one of those people who just loves tea and books, not to drink or read but as a part of their identity (and also to drink and read).

For whatever reason I miss Dishonored. It also has a shoutout to one of my favourite games in theory, Sunless Sea.

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Subjects

  • famiglia
  • found family
  • metanarrativa
  • mondi nascosti