Sword & citadel
Gene Wolfe
Fantasy / Science Fiction
Sword & citadel
by Gene Wolfe
—· 464 p· 1994
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canondarkmysterioushauntingphilosophicaltensereflectiveadventurous
Overview
About
Shadow and Claw is an omnibus of the second two books of Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. It chronicles the life and adventures of journeyman torturer Severian.
Part of a series
The Book of the New Sun
Vol. III · 5 of 11 volumes
VOL 1
1
I
Shadow and Claw
VOL 4
4
IV
Urth of the New Sun
6 more volumes
Pages
464
Orb Books
Linguistic complexity
5/5
Very Dense
Thematic complexity
5/5
Profound
Rating
—
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Reader feel
Worldbuilding10
Prose10
Narration10
Mythic Ambiguity10
Symbolic Complexity10
Plot twists8
Emotional depth7
Pacing6
My journey
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