Children of Earth and Sky
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9. The novel is written in a realistic style befitting historical fiction, but with some subtle supernatural elements. Discuss the influence of Danica’s grandfather on the story. It appears that this was a period in which the supernatural was very much a part of peoples’ worldview. What effect is achieved if a novel incorporates it? Kay writes in Children of Earth and Sky that we must not think we understand everything about the world. Does the presence of Danica’s grandfather (or the unseen singer in the roadside chapel at night) succeed, for you, in underscoring that thought?
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Guy Gavriel Kay is the international bestselling author of twelve previous novels and a book of poetry. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in the literature of the fantastic and won the World Fantasy Award for Ysabel in 2008. In 2014 he was named to the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor. His works have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.
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