{"product_id":"tales-of-neveryon-return-to-neveryon-book-1","title":"Tales of Nevèrÿon (Return to Neveryon, Book 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel of myth and literacy about a long-ago land on the brink of civilization. Vol 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his four-volume series Return to Nevèrÿon, Hugo and Nebula award-winner Samuel R. Delany appropriated the conceits of sword-and-sorcery fantasy to explore his characteristic themes of language, power, gender, and the nature of civilization. Wesleyan University Press has reissued the long-unavailable Nevèrÿonvolumes in trade paperback.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eleven stories, novellas, and novels in Return to Nevèrÿon's four volumes chronicle a long-ago land on civilization's brink, perhaps in Asia or Africa, or even on the Mediterranean. Taken slave in childhood, Gorgik gains his freedom, leads a slave revolt, and becomes a minister of state, finally abolishing slavery. Ironically, however, he is sexually aroused by the iron slave collars of servitude. Does this contaminate his mission -- or intensify it? Presumably elaborated from an ancient text of unknown geographical origin, the stories are sunk in translators' and commentators' introductions and appendices, forming a richly comic frame.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943384613095,"sku":"9780819562708","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_aca15203-a42e-4dd1-8164-622bfbb38e14.jpg?v=1775321124","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/tales-of-neveryon-return-to-neveryon-book-1","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}