Monday 26 February 2007

Lady of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson

Lady of Avalon I went back to the library last Wednesday, and got so many books the lady at the checkout wanted to stop at the first of my three piles. lol. And a woman behind me in the queue showed her son that I had borrowed books in English and French (she seemed impressed). She doesn't know that she should be impressed that I borrowed German books, but hey.

I spotted this book from the English shelves and thought I had to borrow it. After all, I really like the world of Avalon, the priestesses and the Goddess. This was also the best book so far: I didn't get angry at the characters. It is split in three parts in which we follow different characters at different time points. I also like how spirits come back to life several times. Also, this book fits between Priestess of Avalon and the Mists of Avalon, so it was interesting to see another point of view. I just found out how big the collection was .. I hope I'll get to find the other ones one my one at the library :)

I enjoyed this book (and read it in two or three days), liked the themes. I would always like to have more small details on everyday life to really feel in the universe of Avalon, but I suppose it could get boring.

1 comment:

Amélie said...

Hehe j'ai tendance a faire la meme chose. Les idees de féminisme c'est peut etre venu des commentaires sur la couverture ou la lecture de wikipedia ;)
Pour la religion, je suis tellement allergique en ce moment, que j'avais remarque toute seule par contre ;o)
(dans Lady of Avalon c'est pas encore trop proheminent, mais dans Mists of Avalon c'est enorme, je trouve)