The magician s land is a new adult fantasy novel by lev grossman, published in 2014 by viking adult, the second sequel to the magicians. The magicians land doesnt close the door on future books in the series, but grossman does say hes moving beyond quentins world. It not only offers a satisfying conclusion to quentin coldwaters quests, earthly and otherwise, but also considers. Aug 03, 2014 the magicians land is the strongest book in grossmans series. He was formerly the book critic and lead technology writer at time magazine 200216. The magicians land excerpt lyrics the letter had said to meet in a bookstore. Theres a site called that hosts annotateable excerpts from things.
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Lev grossman born june 26, 1969 in concord, massachusetts is an american novelist and journalist, most notable as the author of the magicians trilogy. The magician s land is an intricate and fantastical thriller, and an epic of love and redemption that brings the magicians trilogy to a magnificent conclusion, confirming it as one of the great achievements in modern fantasy. Its the story of a boy becoming a man, an apprentice becoming a master, and a broken land finally becoming whole. Dec 23, 2011 a quick cover mockup of the magicians land. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 402 pages and is available in kindle edition format. Lev grossmans the magicians land concludes his genrebending, brilliant, acerbic rethinking of the entire high fantasy genre, and does so with enormous style and skill. An exiled magician tries a risky heist in lev grossmans novel, the final installment of a trilogy.
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