{"product_id":"9780819562708","title":"Tales of Neveryon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA novel of myth and literacy about a long-ago land on the brink of civilization. Vol 1\u003c\/b\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.The 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.","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42544469606461,"sku":"9780819562708","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780819562708_p0.jpg?v=1771582213","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9780819562708","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}