An edition of The Shadow of the Torturer (1980)

La Sombra del Torturador

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An edition of The Shadow of the Torturer (1980)

La Sombra del Torturador

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  • 9 Currently reading
  • 38 Have read

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. It is the tale of young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession -- showing mercy toward his victim -- and follows subsequent journey out of his home city of Nessus.

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Publisher
Minotauro
Language
Spanish
Pages
348

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Fantasy fiction

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Cover of: La Sombra del Torturador
La Sombra del Torturador
July 1995, Minotauro
Hardcover in Spanish
Cover of: The shadow of the torturer
The shadow of the torturer
1987, Arrow Books
in English
Cover of: The Shadow of the Torturer
The Shadow of the Torturer
1981, Pocket Books
in English

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Cover Art
Michael Johnson

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
348

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL9131868M
ISBN 10
8445070967
ISBN 13
9788445070963
LibraryThing
100075

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OL14871979W

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