![]() ![]() While intent on reaching Thrax to take up his assignment as the town’s executioner, Severian and Jonas still hope to find the others. Talos, Baldanders, Jolenta, and Dorcas, were lost to him in the chaos. ![]() Severian is now accompanied by Jonas, a man with “a jointed contrivance of steel” for a right hand. It’s challenging to piece the parts together to form a linear narrative, let alone anticipate the tale’s direction, which remains nearly as mysterious at the conclusion as at the start.Īt the end of the previous book, The Shadow of the Torturer, Severian and his companions were caught in a violent outburst among the crowd of people at the great gate exiting the city Nessus. It’s probably due to a lack of context as two books remain in the series, but I’m not totally sure about that. Much of the story is conveyed via weird encounters, dreams, memories, fables, and even the text of a play. Oh, I can tell you what happened, even how some things happened, but I’m not sure I can tell you why a lot of things happened. Having set out to discuss The Claw of the Concilator (1981), the second entry in Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun, I’m completely unsure of what to write. ![]()
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