I was intrigued by the cover design of The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever (by Stephen R. Donaldson). The book is quite dark, and brilliant.
So much pain, the grief, the pages and pages overrun with the burning tears of despair. The loss, oh Lena! the loss. There is no reprieve – Thomas Covenant’s world and the Land are slashed into bleeding shreds. The more the beauty of Life is perceived, the more there is to lose and the greater the pain. In his leperous numb responses Covenant rebuffs some of the sharper grief, but this merely deflects the full impact of despair onto the reader. Ah! Saltheart Foamfollower, the burden you have been given. Trell Atiaran-mate, Gravelingas of Stonedown, my friend! Your strength surpasses the heroic, and yet still you are crushed mercilessly and slowly by the ever tightening twists of the ill fate that are woven by Despite around those we love most. Read the rest of this entry »
