Guy Gavriel Kay Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Canadian author. Named to Order of Canada in 2014. 15 novels in 30+ languages. ALL THE SEAS OF THE WORLD now out in paperback. Joined June 2009.
Eyes of the Rigel
Roy JacobsenGuy Gavriel Kay'…she was searching for love, and was still happily unaware that truth is the first casualty of peace.' — Roy Jacobsen, *Eyes of the Rigel* Still thinking about this. Which is what a good writer can do to us.
Paperback, 2022
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
David BellosGuy Gavriel KayHappy to recognize #InternationalTranslationDay2022, partly because my work exists for many readers only because of dedicated (and almost always underpaid) translators. And I’ll recommend David Bellos's splendid *Is That A Fish In Your Ear*, a love letter of a book to the craft.
Paperback, 2012
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All the Seas of the World
Guy Gavriel KayGuy Gavriel KayGenerous UK site and review, and books bought through them raise money for school libraries. The paperback is now out there, too. https://t.co/MoP1Gys6f7
Paperback, 2023
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Guy Mannering
W. ScottGuy Gavriel KayComplex, a day named for the man who more or less annihilated the use of 'Guy' as a name in English for centuries. Came back, briefly, into popularity with Sir Walter Scott's *Guy Mannering*. (Novels as influencers!) Me? My mother liked the name, and they wanted a 'G' name. https://t.co/WartNTExNO
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Wolf Hall
Hilary MantelGuy Gavriel KaySaddened to hear of Hilary Mantel's death, at only 70. She brought added lustre to historical fiction with her justly celebrated Wolf Hall trilogy, and had a wider body of work deeply admired by many. An important writer, gone too soon.
Paperback, 2021
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Invisible Ink
Patrick ModianoGuy Gavriel KayAfter a reread of *Invisible Ink* I can affirm that Patrick Modiano remains a truly favourite author for me. No one else affects me in quite the same way. The books blur and merge, in the same way his own past, and his characters', blurs and merges with the present, for him.
Paperback, 2021
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Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020
Carl PhillipsGuy Gavriel Kay'They say the absence of a thing doesn’t have to mean the desire for it. That’s the trouble with words: soon almost anything sounds true.' —Carl Phillips, *Then The War* (he just won the Pulitzer for this one) (Line breaks are off here, formatting constraint.)
Paperback, 2023
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A Heart So White
Javier MaríasGuy Gavriel Kay'How many things are left unsaid in the course of a lifetime or a story, sometimes without our meaning or choosing to do so.' — Javier Marías, *A Heart So White*
Paperback, 2013
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Days Without End
Sebastian BarryGuy Gavriel KayFinished the new Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time. It is such a hard, complex, unreliable, compassionate, angry, moving novel. I need time to process. He’s a magnificent writer. As to style. As to empathy for his creations, and for us. As a starter book, try Days Without End.
Paperback, 2017
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Family Lexicon
Natalia GinzburgGuy Gavriel KayA writer to be honoured and richly enjoyed. Family Lexicon is a masterpiece of a memoir. Truly funny, and then the more heartbreaking for that. Major recommendation. https://t.co/C0HnmpsU4Z
Paperback, 2017
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