The broken sword

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Poul Anderson: The broken sword (1983, Ballantine Books)

207 pages

English language

Published Sept. 26, 1983 by Ballantine Books.

ISBN:
978-0-345-23526-8
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4 stars

Deserves its acclaim as a fantasy masterpiece. I love Anderson’s maximalist language and narration style, it makes the story fittingly feel like an Anglo-Saxon epic. The fantasy elements are wide and wild co-mingling many mythologies and many tropes from ancient epics. My biggest hesitation comes from the melodrama that the writing descends to at some points but overall it’s a well-paced, action-packed story that deserves more readers.