Lent (novel)

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Lent
ISBN
978-0-7653-7906-1

Lent is a 2019

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
.

Synopsis

In

Lorenzo di Medici dies in 1492, Girolamo gradually becomes more and more involved in politics, eventually culminating in his execution in 1498, and subsequent damnation to Hell
.

He then finds himself in 1492 Florence again, and begins trying to change history.

Reception

In

Amal el-Mohtar praised Walton's application of "mythographical playfulness" to Christian theology, her presentation of Savonarola as "a man wrestling with pride and its just causes", her depiction of Florence as a setting, and the book's overall narrative structure, but ultimately faulted the ending as "rushed" and "impatient".[2] In Locus, conversely, Gary K. Wolfe found the ending to "ingeniously satisf(y) both the terms of its 15th-century Florentine worldview and the SF-like machinery that makes it work."[3]

James Nicoll noted that the first half of the book can be considered "fairly straightforward historical fantasy: Italian history as it is known, but seasoned with demons and miracles", and lauded Walton's prose as "good to superlative".[4] The Globe and Mail proposed that it may bring Walton to the attention of "an even wider readership, crossing, as it does, the proverbial Arno into literary fiction territory."[5] The Winnipeg Free Press described it as "slow-moving but ultimately interesting", and – albeit "unique and thoughtful" – "(n)ot as revolutionary as Walton's other works."[6]

Lent was nominated for the 2020

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature.[7]

References

  1. The Los Angeles Times
    . Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. National Public Radio
    . Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. ^ Wolfe, Gary K. (23 July 2019). "Gary K. Wolfe Reviews Lent by Jo Walton". Locus Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. Nicoll, James Davis (23 August 2019). "A Long, Long Way to Heaven"
    . James Nicoll Reviews. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. ^ Donaldson, Emily (18 June 2019). "Review: Jo Walton's story of a demon-fighting monk is a clever and original romp". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  6. ^ Boyce, Joel (1 June 2019). "'Mad monk' novel melds sci-fi, spiritual". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Jo Walton Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

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