· The King's Last Song by Geoff Ryman | Editorial Reviews. NOOK Book (eBook) $ $ Save 5% Current price is $, Original price is $ You Save 5%. becomes whether the tale of ancient wisdom can bring hope to a nation still suffering from the violent legacy of the last century. Geoff Ryman is the author of the novels Air Author: Geoff Ryman. Time Out's Roz Kaveney reviews The King's Last Song. Rating: 5 out of 6 stars: In Geoff Ryman’s novels, everyone is important. ‘The King’s Last Song’ tells us about Jayavarman, the Khmer king who gave up the pursuit of sainthood to unify his country, but also about William and Map, two guides to the wreckage of modern Cambodia. I really enjoyed reading The King's Last Song. It is richly layered, comparing past and present day Cambodia and is full of details and tidbits about Cambodian life that any reader will enjoy. It's definitely piqued my interest in the country and I will be trying to find more books about it in the future/5(20).
Who doesn't know Geoff Ryman? He is one of the best Canadian author that specialized in science fiction and also fantasy. He has made so many books or novels, such as Was, The Child Gardens and especially The King's Last Song. This book is very popular and was firstly published in by Harper Collins. Geoff Ryman is the author of the novels The King's Last Song, The Child Garden, Air (a Clarke and Tiptree Award winner), and The Unconquered Country (a World Fantasy Award winner). Canadian by birth, he has lived in Cambodia and Brazil and now teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester in England. The King's Last Song is a novel by Canadian author Geoff www.doorway.ru was first published in by HarperCollins in the UK. It was published in the United States in by Small Beer Press.. Plot introduction. Set in Cambodia, it tells the story of Map, a policeman and former Khmer Rouge, and young motoboy William as they search for the gold leaf memoirs of the 12th Century king Jayavarman VII.
The King's Last Song is a novel by Canadian author Geoff Ryman. It was first published in by HarperCollins in the UK. It was published in the United States in by Small Beer Press. Plot introduction. It is a torn country that still hasn't fully healed from the ghosts of its past. The people are tired of war, though many have known nothing else during their long, exhausted lives. The author obviously has a great affection for Cambodia and The King's Last Song is his attempt to tell its story to the larger world. Mouthfuls of mud. Twelfth-century Cambodia gets a mundane makeover in Geoff Ryman's The King's Last Song, says Alfred Hickling.
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