Jurgen
by James Branch Cabell
Taste attributes: fantasycomedysexadventurefresh & originalunsavouryimaginaryglossybig & variedall consuming questtroubled leadssocial commentary
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly fantasy novel that is stylish, morally murky and inventive. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
"Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice," an entry in the Poictesme series, is an epic fantasy voyage as well as an erotic fable. Cabell himself wrote: "This fable is, as the world itself, a book wherein each man will find what his nature enables him to see; which gives us back each his own image; and which teaches us each the lesson that each of us desires to learn." Jurgen was banned for decades because of its explicit...
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- Author
- James Branch Cabell
- Published
- 1919
- Pages
- 284
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