The Ebony Tower
by John Fowles
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Author: John FowlesEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-06-04
ISBN: 0316287458
Number of pages: 313
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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- ISBN13: 9780316287456
- Condition: New
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Book Review: A Masterpiece from a Master
Summary: 5 Stars
Fowles' works have haunted me since I first discovered (by Hazard perhaps) The Magus when I was 16. This summer I had time to read The Ebony Tower on vacation and was once again encaptured, seduced, entranced, and hypnotized throughout each short story and the novella. He is a sorcerer that blends reality with fantasy so effortlessly, that tantalizes the reader as much as his protagonists who often find themselves in moments of powerlessness yet ironically at the same time moments of oozing egoism and shameless selfishness like David in the novella (The Ebony Tower).
For me the high point in this collection was Poor Koko which communicated similar themes as The Magus and The Collector. It explores the dualities of creation and destruction, pain and pleasure and also delves into the purpose of writing for the writer. Fowles' honesty breeds wisedom; his instrospection catalyses truths.
Lyrical, literary perfection.
5/5 Stars...An ocean of violent truths.
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The Ebony Tower, comprising a novella, three stories, and a translation of a medieval French tale, echoes themes from John Fowles's internationally celebrated novels as it probes the fitful relations between love and hate, pleasure and pain, fantasy and reality.Short Stories Books
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