The Northern Girl
Book description
This novel of a young servant girl who finds the warrior within herself--and radically alters the peaceful-but-oppressive world in which she lives--is the final volume in Elizabeth Lynn's World Fantasy Award-winning trilogy.
"A marvelous blend of fantasy and realism." --Marion Zimmer Bradley
"Astonishing." --Theodore Sturgeon
"A fine ear for the…
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1 author picked The Northern Girl as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Lynn’s trilogy, The Chronicles of Tornor, was published in the late 70s. Set in lands with strong similarities to Europe, but with a different geography and with some influences from Eastern philosophies, the last of the trilogy, The Northern Girl, envisioned a world where the open expression of sexuality is not restricted to heterosexual relationships. When I set out to create the cultures of my world, this was one of the societal structures I used as a model: not the only one, but an important one.
From Marian's list on settings in a world that’s not quite ours.
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