24, WG16, E17, / NG8, D7, C1, Frz0, B2, NA0

Tanya Huff, Third Time Lucky

Irgendwie hat Tanya Huff mit diesen 7 Kurzgeschichten über die mächtigste und zugleich faulste und lebenslustigste Magierin meinen Geschmack so gut getroffen, dass ich mir das Buch immer wieder vornehme, und dabei auch immer wieder andere Aspekte entdecke. Und mir jedesmal sehnlich wünsche es gäbe noch mehr davon.
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The oldest in the village by a good twenty years, his eyes sometimes twinkled and sparkled and looked no older than Juan's. Sometimes, they burned with more mature fires and she longed to give him back his youth, if only for a few hours behind the dunes. Sometimes, they appeared deeper and blacker and wiser than the night sky. Sometimes, they just looked old. Marvelling, she realized that he remembered all the ages he had been, and more, that they were with him still, making a home, not a prison, of his age.
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Tanya Huff, Be it ever so Humble, aus: Third Time Lucky, 1991/2015)