La horde du contrevent (60)

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Secondly, it is a pure masterpiece, as it’s the essence of what is my definition of a masterpiece: when the style serves the content, making the content an epic intimate story about people as individuals and as a group. When the content is an incredible support to the form, as the author uses the french language like few authors have done before him (and I’m including classic authors such as Balzac, Hugo, Dumas, Stendahl). It’s an amazing virtuous circle. Therefore, it is tightly organised.Think of an extreme sports team (say, free-climbing glaciers), combined with the crew of a racing sailboat during a storm, combined with an unsupported military long-range patrol team. Spearhead This Horde of Windwarders has also been the fastest.They are three years ahead of their fastest predecessors.

The author alternates between breathtaking descriptions of the unique and bewildering world he created –ruled by seven types of wind, classified by their forces– and intensely rhythmic dialogues that makes us as much a member of the Horde as any of the characters. As the story progresses, the suspense intensifies around Golgoth the trailbreaker, Erg the defender, Oroshi the aeromaster and the rest of the group, for they must face not only the unpredictability of nature, but also enemies from other clans determined to see their defeat.la porte d'Urle, le coude de Löfn, le cirque de Schnaefellerkraft, le couloir et l'épaule de Gardabaer et le cirque glaciaire de Brakauer;

The “flamesmith” has special techniques and equipment to create and maintain a campfire, despite the winds. The Chrones, [3] audio adaptation of several texts from La Horde du Contrevent (The Wind Walkers) (Voice: Alain Damasio - Radio adaptation: Floriane Pochon, with Tony Regnauld) which was rewarded by le Prix du Coup de Cœur du Jury (jury favourite) at the Radiophonies Festival 2012.Forse L’Orda del Vento è uno di quei rarissimi casi in cui non c’è la classica struttura “Eroe contro Antagonista” qui bisogna misurarsi con la spietatezza delle condizioni atmosferiche e la potenza distruttrice di Madre Natura.

Alain Damasio (born Alain Raymond, 1 August 1969) is a French writer of sci-fi and fantasy. He also works as a scriptwriter for comics, radio fictions, movie and TV series. He is also notable as an audio and spoken word artist. Les Aiguilleurs du ciel (Air Traffic Controllers), in Onze pour Mille (One out of a Thousand), Cylibris, 2000 Within the deafening noise of the wind, on the Lower Slopes, an elite group of twenty-three children were raised for the sole purpose of facing the ever-blowing gusts, climbing up windwards for the rest of their lives. Their only purpose: to find the mysterious source of the wind in the Upper Reaches. There have been thirty-three attempts in eight hundred years, thirty-three Hordes that have failed.Prévenons donc les lecteurs naïfs et confiants que la forme de ce roman est complètement absconse et aussi complétement aussi pénible , que inutilement ampoulée . Elle est même violement ampoulée je dirais … In 2021, he created a "slam" (musical poem) in support of the "ZAD de la colline" to music by Laurent Pernice. [7] In secondo luogo, il limite più grande: avere 23 personaggi e non sfruttarli tutti. I personaggi che servono all'intreccio sono solo cinque o sei, più un paio che non hanno senso per 500 pagine, salvo poi incarnare il deus ex machina per risolvere una situazione di stallo. In questo senso, Martin (per dirne uno) è un maestro, mentre Damasio è uno scolaro che sta affrontando l'esame di riparazione. However, thermal exchanges mean that hurricane-force winds are frequently funnelled westward down this band. Finalmente un fantasy che non assomiglia a nessun'altro, ma nemmeno lontanamente. Di contro, c'è da dire che gli scenari, la geografia, la storia di questo mondo non sono molto dettagliati. Ma è più che altro una nota negativa per la casa editrice, per il semplice fatto che se si fosse impegnato di più, invece di un unico libro Damasio avrebbe potuto tirar fuori una bella trilogia. Se fosse stato uno scrittore americano, con una casa editrice americana alle spalle, lo avrebbe fatto, ne sono sicuro.

Quand l'éditeur nous promet "une expérience de lecture unique" sur la 4e de couverture, il ne ment pas, car effectivement je n'avais rien lu de semblable. Vivo è colui che si alza e affronta. Voltati solo per pisciare -, recitava l'epigrafe del diario della diciannovesima orda.Over time, a vague belief has developed that reaching the Ultima Upwind would mean something wonderful for the world.Perhaps a way to abate the winds.Or perhaps the end of the world, or perhaps transcendental knowledge about it.