Kenneth Pitchford's novel The Temple Wall is a fable that tells the story of Normeth and Kwynna, a brother and sister who, though born in poverty on the planet Tariel, nonetheless grow up to rule two of Tariel's four realms. As allies in a devastating war that engulfs their world, Normeth and Kwynna fall in love at different times with the same woman, Shandyl, whose fate becomes entwined with the outcome of the war. This is a fast-paced adventure story, but it also has an undercurrent driven by a random turning up of all 78 cards of the Tarot deck. As a fabulist, Pitchford acknowledges the...
Kenneth Pitchford's novel The Temple Wall is a fable that tells the story of Normeth and Kwynna, a brother and sister who, though born in poverty on t...
Unlike most collections, this well-wrought book is unified around certain central themes and images. These images may depict the various forms of love, either experienced in reality by the waking self or suffered anew in the archetypes of sleep, where old myths take on new meanings. The book is an investigation of the forms of love and through their effects on a single individual their effect on us all.
Originally published in 1967.
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Unlike most collections, this well-wrought book is unified around certain central themes and images. These images may depict the various forms of love...
