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Readers who survive the first 20 pages of this dense and playful novel, with its three different openings, constant jokes, and crowded cast of characters, will find themselves rewarded with a leisurely postmodern romp through the student ferment and bodily indulgences of the early 1970s. Although the publisher has called Emotionally Weird a comic novel, it is essentially unclassifiable, both further-reaching and less "meaningful" than it first appears. Kate Atkinson's book begins with chapter 1 of a bad murder mystery being written by Effie Andrews for a creative-writing course at the University of Dundee in 1972. But the action soon shifts to a wintry island in the Hebrides, where Effie is trying to elicit the story of her parentage from her single mother, Nora, while spinning a humorous first-person narrative of her college life. Only near the end of the book does she finally wrench the story from her mother: Effie's bizarre origins; the identity of her father; and the whole unlikely tale of her mother's family.
Like a Borgesian labyrinth, with other stories thrown in, including a laughably convenient introduction of magic realism, it is impossible to know what to take seriously--or "jocoseriously," to paraphrase another of Atkinson's influences: the Joyce of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. In her third novel, much of Atkinson's humor is incidental, even parenthetical. (We are told in passing, for example, that Effie's dissertation is called "Henry James: Man or Maze?") She is at her best when introducing her eccentric characters, such as the elderly Professor Cousins, who is sometimes lucid, sometimes not. "As with anyone in the department," Effie explains, "it wasn't always easy to distinguish between the two states. The university's strict laws of tenure dictated that he had to be dead at least three months before he could be removed from behind his desk." Professor Cousins, like the author, enjoys word games along the order of those in Alice in Wonderland, and Atkinson's use of Scottish idiom comes to function as a sort of word game. She also brings in a few killjoys (a militant feminist, a militant Christian, a literary theorist) to complicate an already loopy narrative and to spike the punch.
Janice smelt of piety and coal tar soap. She had recently become a Christian, a neophyte of a student Christian fellowship whose members roamed the corridors of Airlie, Belmont and Chalmers Halls looking for likely converts (the afraid, the alone, the abandoned) and those who needed to use the Bible to fill in the spaces where their personalities should have been.
As Emotionally Weird develops, Atkinson relies more and more on the postmodern gag of characters commenting on the unfolding action. There is no telling how she finally draws these disparate threads onto a single spool, but in the end, even the slightest subplots are neatly tied up and the most transient characters accounted for. --Regina Marler
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Critical acclaim for Kate Atkinson:
"Startlingly original" (Johanna Stoberock, The Seattle Times)
"Really comic, really tragic, bracingly unsentimental." (The Boston Sunday Globe
"An effervescent, affecting delight." (Rebecca Radner, The San Francisco Examiner Chronicle)
"Atkinson's language is a joy." (Valerie Sayers, Commonweal)
"Full of ambiguities and neat surprises." (Katharine Weber, The New York Times Book Review)
"Vivid and intriguing...fizzes and crackles along." (Penelope Lively, The Independent)
"Luminescent...sure and sophisticated, poetic and darkly comic." (Amanda Heller, The Boston Globe)
On a weather-beaten island off the coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother, Nora, take refuge in the large, mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear-like who her real father was. Effie tells various versions of her life at college, where in fact she lives in a lethargic relationship with bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans.
But as mother and daughter spin their tales, strange things are happening around them. Why is Effie being followed? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?
In a brilliant comic narrative which explores the nonsensical power of language and meaning, Kate Atkinson has created another magical masterpiece.
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Charming and Funny.......2007-06-03
I completely enjoyed Emotionally Weird. I think I giggled from start to finish. The major part of the book is a very funny sendup of university life, as applicable now as in the 70s, just replace Klingons with Xbox, or other games. All the professors are skewered as well, and everyone, it seems, is a writer (doesn't it seem that way, though?), except for the vampiric Terri, who proves to have one, and only one, soft spot. Excellent characterizations, by the way, so it's not just a comic novel. The "main" story, which actually occupies only a small part of the novel, of the girl and her mother on the island, is my least favorite part, although it serves to tie things together. I'd have been happy with just the college life parts, and I think the author realized this, as she keeps the rest of the stories to a minimum. Read this and giggle.
A modern Faulkner?.......2007-04-08
This book is rather unconventional. While many others have each chapter be a different story with all the stories usually converging in the end, Ms. Atkinson takes 4+ stories and cuts and pastes them together in each chapter. Around 200 pages I almost quit reading as I was getting frustrated as I couldn't figure out what was real and what was just a story. After finishing the book I'm still not so sure if I know what was real. The obsession about the main charachters parentage is the main theme of this book and I'm pretty sure the conclusions are actually real and not a story the mother and daughter make up. I wish you all the best in reading this. I've never been a great appreciator of modern art and I suppose this is "modern literature."
Weird and funny.......2005-02-27
I had a hard time getting into this book - too many characters introduced all at once and so briefly that I couldn't keep them straight. I'm glad I stuck with it though because about halfway through, I got drawn into the story and the strange and quirkly happenings. Atkinson is a really funny writer and I laughed outloud several times throughout the book. Although I really enjoyed the second half of the book, I was disappointed in the ending - well not the ending itself but the way the last chapter gives you all the answers to everything instead of giving more hints along the way so the reader could figure it out.
Clever but weird.......2004-12-16
This is a REALLY strange book...undoubtedly very clever but strange. A mother and daughter are temporarily trapped by bad weather on a remote island off the Scottish coast and, to fill in the time, decide to tell stories of their lives. At this stage I thought that they were recounting real happenings about real people but, as time went on, I was no longer sure. Some of the characters are just too flaky to be convincing and on face value appear to be the grubbiest people on earth and with such bad diets that it's a wonder that they're not all suffering from scurvy! I also do like to feel an empathy with some of the characters in any book and in this, the only one I liked was a slightly batty old professor at the university where the daughter was half heartedly studying for a degree. I'll try another of M/s Atkinsons' books to see if we're at all on the same wave length...doubtful!
Emotionally Wierd - Kate Atkinson.......2003-08-06
This book was a total load of rubbish. I have started to read it twice but after eventually arriving at page 103, I have had to put the book down as the story does not seem to be going anywhere.
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The latest magical mystery tour de force from one of Britain’s most original novelists – winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award for Behind the Scenes at the Museum.
On a peat and heather island off the West Coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother, Nora, take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, such as the identity of her real father – variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, the land of cakes and William Wallace, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans. But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?
In a brilliant comic narrative which explores the nonsensical nature of language and meaning, Kate Atkinson has created another masterpiece.
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Emotionally Weird
Kate Atkinson
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The latest magical mystery tour de force from one of Britain’s most original novelists – winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award for Behind the Scenes at the Museum.
On a peat and heather island off the West Coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother, Nora, take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, such as the identity of her real father – variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, the land of cakes and William Wallace, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans. But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?
In a brilliant comic narrative which explores the nonsensical nature of language and meaning, Kate Atkinson has created another masterpiece.
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Jack Whyte continues his long, thoughtful exploration of one of our most resonant myths, the legend of Camelot. The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis is the sixth book in his Camulod Chronicles, and it takes up the story just as Arthur makes the transition from boy to man. Whyte's focus, however, is on Caius Merlyn Britannicus. Merlyn, descended from Britain's Roman rulers, is one of the co-rulers of Camulod, a stronghold of civilization under perpetual threat from invading Saxons and Danes. Merlyn leads an eventful yet happy life: he has a loving fiancjée, Tressa; a fine ward, Arthur; a magnificent black horse, Germanicus; many allies; and grand plans for Camulod's expansion and Britain's safety. Merlyn's reflections on one campaign sum up his easy victories throughout the first half of the book: "It was slaughter--nothing less. One pass we made, from west to east, and scarce a living man was left to face us."
But even the mightiest ship must one day be tested on the shoals. The suspense gains momentum when Whyte breaks Merlyn free of his brooding, reactive role and propels him and his companions into danger. In despair, Merlyn takes a new, subtler tack against his archenemies Ironhair and Carthac ("And then I truly saw the size of him. He towered over everyone about him, hulking and huge, his shoulders leviathan and his great, deep, hairless chest unarmoured").
Whyte shines at interpreting the mythos of Camelot in a surprising yet believable way. He can squeeze a sword out of a stone without opting for the glib explanations of fantasy-land magic. The Camulod Chronicles, and The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis in particular, provide an engaging take on the chivalric world of knights and High Kings. --Blaise Selby
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Throughout the widely praised Camulod Chronicles, Merlyn Britannicus has been driven by one sacred dream--to see Britain united under one just, powerful king. In The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis, it is time for the Sorcerer to fulfill his promise--to present the battle-proven Arthur as the Riothamus, the High King of Britain. When Arthur miraculously withdraws the Sword of Kingship from the stone in which it is set, he proves himself the true and deserving king--sworn to defend the Christian faith against invaders, and to preserve Britain as a powerful, united force.
The Sorcerer has fulfilled his promise. The King is crowned, Britain is united--and the face of history and legend is forever changed.
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spectacular!.......2007-03-12
"A gigantic ball of flame roared from the pit with a concussive, deafening sound that sucked all the air in the room, it seemed, into its heart, then belched it out again in a terrifying rain of sparks and embers and great, whirling clouds of choking smoke."
The Sorcerer Metamorphosis is an ingenius fiction of the Arthurian legend by Jack Whyte and it is the fifth book in the Camulod Chronicles series. It is about how Merlyn and Arthur return to their stronghold of Camulod but instead of peace and prosperity, they find themselves in the middle of a desperate war with their longtime neighbor and ally, the now distrought, Cambria! While Merlyn loses everything he ever cared about and morphs into a powerful sorcerer, Arthur fights in the war to learn how to become a man, a soldier, and a leader.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed the previous books in the series and anyone who likes books on the Arthurian legend or just books about medieval warfare.
the Sorcere: Metamorphosis.......2005-10-17
book is great and most impressed with ordering and delivery, actually received in under 3 weeks
Book review.......2005-06-14
The book, The Sorcerer Metamorphosis, by Jack Whyte, is another adventure tale of King Arthur. With the ageing of Arthur, he is welcomed back to his home, Camulod. Arthur's arrival has been one step closer to his crowning of High King of Briton. Merlin has gone lengths to ensure the crowning of the true king, Arthur. The close families encounter troubles, and some friends don't make it. This book is a thrilling tale that is worth every star in gets.
This book is not up to par with the series..........2004-03-09
I have read with great enjoyment the other books in this series and I was really looking forward to reading "The Sorcerer" but boy...it is sadly lacking what Whyte put into the other books in this series. I had a hard time forcing myself to read this one because it is so slow moving and just plain boring. It seems as if Whyte lost his train of thought here or was himself bored with the telling of the Camulod tale. Either way, his editor needs a kick in the rear for letting this one be published as is.
For those who are reading the series and haven't yet gotten to this one I do suggest you read it just to keep following the story to the end but I finally resorted to skiming paragraphs/pages just to get through the really boring parts.
Very disappointing this book is.
Gosh - I just expected more..........2003-05-18
First off, I love the way Mr. Whyte writes. It's been a while since I last found a series of modern works worth reading, and the Camulod series really satisfies the true reader. The words fly through the brain effortlessly and the thousands of pages are turned with amazing speed. A good read, and that is no lie. But! After all that, I am gravely disappointed that Arthur was not given more attention. This book, and this series, just ended - WHAM! Halfway through "Sorcerer," I panicked. Arthur was still only 15. That was when I finally excepted that Jack had no intention of telling the actual Arthur story. He instead has told the events leading up to the Arthur legend - the story of the making of Camelot. He has left the actual Arthur story largely untold. I guess this is what he intended, and I will not blame him, yet I am left languishing for the actual tales of Arthur in his manhood. Maybe... just maybe... there will be another book after "Uther" ??? I can always hope... In any event, I am a Jack Whyte fan and promote his work shamelessly.
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- Kind of Bland
- Blend of romance and fantasy -- excellent story
- Legend of the Sorcerer
- A wonderful getaway to a far off land!
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Legend of the Sorcerer
Donna Kauffman
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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ASIN: 0553579215
Release Date: 2000-02-29 |
Book Description
For thousands of years, tales of the fabled Dark Pearl were told and retold. Then the stories faded with the passage of time, leaving behind the stuff of myths and magic--until fate brought together the only two people in the world who can breathe life back into the...
Legend of the Sorcerer.
Sculptor Jordy Decker came to the Florida Keys seeking inspiration for her art--but instead becomes enmeshed in a mystery that turns her world upside down...and leads her directly to Malacai L'Baan, the intense, enigmatic author of the bestselling Dark Pearl fantasy series. The mystery seems connected to alarming letters from an obsessive fan who is certain the Dark Pearl is real--and will do anything to possess it.
Jordy is drawn to Cai in a way she cannot understand...and cannot seem to resist. And as the danger grows stronger, Jordy finds magic in Cai's embrace--and a special passion that may just destroy them both....
Customer Reviews:
No Spark..........2007-04-07
I won't go into the story line. You can read from the above. I usually love the way Donna writes with her entertaining flair, character interactions and chemistry but I found this particular novel lacking. The main characters were one dimentional. I couldn't feel any emotion for ANY of the characters except boredom. It took me almost 5 days to read this book because well, it really didn't spark my interest....Sorry ! I can't recommend this one at all. Now I would highly recommend Donna's novel 'THE GREAT SCOT'. *** So save your money for THAT one....***
Kind of Bland.......2007-03-23
Sculptor Jordy has just gone through a long legal ordeal suing her ex-partner and as a result has lost her home and her career. In hopes of reversing her "sculptor's block" she takes a trip to the Florida Keys with her goldfish Fred. When a mixup in photos leaves her with some disturbing pictures of a badly beaten and tortured woman, a horrified Jordy goes to the police and tries to find the owner of the photos.
Fantasy writer Cai L'Baan has been receiving emails from a deranged fan Margaron, who acts like she thinks his black pearl series is real. She says she will take hostages to prove her threats are real and that Cai must come to her with the black pearl. When it becomes apparant the fan is really dangerous he goes to the police and then he meets Jordy. Cai is terrified of the overwhelming feelings he has for Jordy, but when his grandfather Alfred meets her and commissions her to do a piece for him, he realizes they will end up in a relationship. Jordy has drawn several mystical looking figures and Cai decides to use a drawing she does of a dragon for his next book cover.
Cai's grandfather Alfred is an eccentric old man from Wales who sometimes talks as though the stories he tells Cai about Merlin, Arthur, the black pearl etc.. are real as though he was really there. His housekeeper Dilys, also from Wales, also acts as though she believes the stories. Cai and Jordy believe he is suffering from dementia but a series of events make them start questioning everything they ever thought was real.
When it becomes apparent that they are dealing with someone dark and evil, Alfred insists that Cai and Jordy will have to confront Margaron with the black pearl or the world will suffer. He informs them that the L'Baans have long been the keepers of the black pearl and they must go to Wales to put everything right.
To me the most interesting character in this whole book was Alfred. Cai at times seems to be kind of boring and even though Jordy has potential at times she is too predictable. The biggest problem with this story to me was it just doesn't make sense. Although it is explained that Alfred was the keeper of the black pearl, it doesn't really explain why the black pearl exists or what exactly Margaron's agenda is other than to get the black pearl. It doesn't explain who Dilys is...too many questions. However, the story had potential I'm just wondering if there was a prequel I missed or something....
Blend of romance and fantasy -- excellent story.......2001-05-13
This book is a mix of romance and fantasy -- sort of a cross-genre book. Here is the story of a sculptor, Jordalyn, and a fantasy novelist, Malacai. They meet, and though drawn to each other, avoid passion at all costs, until they are artfully drawn together by Malacai's grandfather -- keeper of the Dark Pearl. To say much more about the plot would ruin it for future readers so I'll stop there. This romance novel sweeps you up into a world of fantasy and magic and comes to a nail biting conclusion. I would say that the central theme of the book is romance, though the reader is also swept up into a world of fantasy. There was also just enough suspense and danger involved to keep you on the edge of your seat. This book is well written and well worth your reading time. You won't regret reading it, and will remember the characters long after you read the last page. EXCELLENT!
Legend of the Sorcerer.......2000-05-10
Absolutely a fantastic read! I read this book in one day ... start to finish. The characters are exciting and make you want to live in their world. When the book was over I wanted more. I anxiously await Donnas next book. Having read all of Donna Kauffmans books I rate this the best of the bunch. Bravo Donna! I am waiting.....!
A wonderful getaway to a far off land!.......2000-04-19
This was the first book I've picked up in about three years. I could not put it down. I had the entire thing finished in less than two days. Mrs. Kauffman is an amazing writer. I was so involved in the characters that it felt as if the were real. Since this book I have finished another of Mrs. Kauffman's books (two days later), and I have ordered all remaining. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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- Beautifully illustrated representation of a classic tale.
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Manufacturer: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0385325371
Release Date: 1998-02-09 |
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How can the Sorcerer, a brilliant inventor, possibly clean up after himself when he spends all of his time working? His solution — he invents a robot Apprentice to solve his clutter problem! But when the Apprentice is left to clean up the workshop, he comes up with an idea of his own. What if the Apprentice invented his own helper? In this electric retelling of the classic Sorcerer's Apprentice story, you will find a cautionary tale about leaping before you look!
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Beautifully illustrated representation of a classic tale........1998-08-29
Ted Dewan brings to life a new version of the classic tale of a sorcerer's apprentice that is bedeviled by his own magic. Dewan's "sorcerer" and "apprentice" are not the typical magic conjuring wizard and his eager student. Instead the are represented as an inventor and a robot. The illustrations are vibrant, captivating, and full of detail. This book instantly became a favorite as my 4 year old eagerly requested to have the story read again as soon as we reached the end of this imaginative representation of "The Socerer's Apprentice".
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- Wizards, Sorcerors, and Bards take note
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Path of Magic: A Character Resource for Bards, Sorcerers, and Wizards (Legends & Lairs, d20 System) (Legends & Lairs)
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Various
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• 10 unique legendary classes, new options for high-level characters who want to make a true impact on their world
• 9 new prestige classes, each with a unique organization and guidelines for integrating it with your campaign
• More than three dozen new feats, including new metamagic and special feats that enhance the strengths of spellcasting characters
• Several alternate core classes that can be used to add flavor to characters from 1st to 20th level
• New rules for bardic performance styles that enhance and differentiate bards that dance, sing, chant, or play an instrument
• Eldritch staffs, a new type of magic item that grows with its wielder in power and focus
• Mystical performances that transform bards from mere bystanders to active participants in the magic being wielded around them
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Wizards, Sorcerors, and Bards take note.......2002-10-05
This is a great supplement for anyone playing a wizard, bard or sorceror. It is also a great supplement if you'd like to make Magic a more interesting part of your campaign.
The prestige classes are, for the most part, pretty good and the inclusion of whole organizations behind them amkes them even better. The Feats are also good even though there are similarities with feats in existing products (independent development by the looks of it). They are well thought out and balanced well enough to avoid being either worthless or indispensible.
The best parts of the book though are the extended rules for bardic performances and the magical traditions. The extended rules allow for bards performing in modes other than music (like dance or poetry) and there are also rules for allowing the quality of performance to influence the bard's effects. With the new rules bards are finally more than wizards who happen to play guitar (or lute).
The magical traditions are similar to those in Path of the Sword (also by FFG) and allow arcane characters to acquire some feat-like bonuses to skills and abilities at the cost of some experience points. The traditions are a great way to make your wizard different than the wizard next to you.
The true measure of a book like this is excitement. As a player, I'm excited about the new options available to my favorite wizard (as soon as I convince my GM to let us use them). As a GM, I'm definitely going to include the traditions, feats, and bard rules in my next campaign. Some of the prestige classes will make it too.
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Sally Grindley , and
Thomas Taylor
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Legends, Sorcerers, and Enchanted Lizards
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The Seventh Sorcerer: The Will of Titans
Gregory P. Harris
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When an ancient Egyptian secret suddenly roars out of the past threatening to destroy the very fabric of life in the seven kingdoms, it falls to Carsten, an ancient sorcerer's young apprentice, to keep this terrifying power out of the hands of his mentor's archenemy, a manipulative and cruel sorcerer named Heldebraun. But Heldebraun is a formidable foe, drawing Carsten's beloved Princess Bryanna into a high-stakes game of survival to get the secret he so desperately desires. Carsten finds himself forced into an uneasy alliance with Danitra, an ill-tempered, tough, young witch who, in spite of her seeming ferocity, also bears the scars of a horrific run-in with Heldebraun.. As Heldebraun grows closer to solving the mystic riddle that stands between himself and immeasurable power, Carsten realizes that he is about to become the pawn of a secret brotherhood determined to fulfill a centuries old pledge, and learns that he alone must test his mettle as a man and come to terms with the extraordinary destiny prophesied by his birth.
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