An edition of The Magicians: A Novel (2009)

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An edition of The Magicians: A Novel (2009)

The Magicians

  • 3.5 (64 ratings) ·
  • 186 Want to read
  • 13 Currently reading
  • 84 Have read

A thrilling and original coming-of- age novel about a young man practicing magic in the real worldQuentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A senior in high school, he’s still secretly preoccupied with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child, set in a magical land called Fillory. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself unexpectedly admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the craft of modern sorcery.He also discovers all the other things people learn in college: friendship, love, sex, booze, and boredom. Something is missing, though. Magic doesn’t bring Quentin the happiness and adventure he dreamed it would. After graduation he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. But the land of Quentin’s fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he could have imagined. His childhood dream becomes a nightmare with a shocking truth at its heart.At once psychologically piercing and magnificently absorbing, The Magicians boldly moves into uncharted literary territory, imagining magic as practiced by real people, with their capricious desires and volatile emotions. Lev Grossman creates an utterly original world in which good and evil aren’t black and white, love and sex aren’t simple or innocent, and power comes at a terrible price.

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Publisher
Arrow
Language
English
Pages
496

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The magicians: a novel
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The Magicians: A Novel
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The Magicians
2009, Arrow
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First Sentence

"Quentin did a magic trick. Nobody noticed."

Edition Notes

Published in
London, UK
Copyright Date
2009

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3557.R6725, PS3557 R6725M194

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Number of pages
496

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28445375M
Internet Archive
magicians0000gros
ISBN 13
9780099534440
OCLC/WorldCat
861326772

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