{"product_id":"return-to-nevron-9780819562784","title":"Return to Nevèr\u0026#255;on","description":"\u003cb\u003eA novel of myth and literacy about a long-ago land on the brink of civilization. Vol 4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his four-volume series Return to Nevèrÿon, Hugo and Nebula award-winner Samuel R. Delany appropriated the conceits of sword-and-sorcery fantasy to explore his characteristic themes of language, power, gender, and the nature of civilization. Wesleyan University Press has reissued the long-unavailable Nevèrÿonvolumes in trade paperback.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eleven stories, novellas, and novels in Return to Nevèrÿon's four volumes chronicle a long-ago land on civilization's brink, perhaps in Asia or Africa, or even on the Mediterranean. Taken slave in childhood, Gorgik gains his freedom, leads a slave revolt, and becomes a minister of state, finally abolishing slavery. Ironically, however, he is sexually aroused by the iron slave collars of servitude. Does this contaminate his mission -- or intensify it? Presumably elaborated from an ancient text of unknown geographical origin, the stories are sunk in translators' and commentators' introductions and appendices, forming a richly comic frame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819562784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.39w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1994 pg. 105\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Samuel R. Delany","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924934267061,"sku":"9780819562784","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1ceaa736-e875-49d1-9ea9-8f574f95f462.jpg?v=1687841685","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/return-to-nevron-9780819562784","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}