The/The Book of Silence Duncton Chronicles (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: William Horwood
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—animal fantasy
- Time of Work: The 1970’s-1990’s
- Setting: Various rural locations in England and Wales
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1970’s, Religion, 1980’s, England or English people, 1990’s, Christ figures or saviors, Animals, Wales or Welsh people, Subterranean or underground regions
- Locales: England, Wales
The Plot
It is difficult to summarize the exceedingly full plot of William Horwood’s six books, involving many named moles (there are no nonmole characters) and extending over about ten generations and some four thousand pages. Although the Duncton Wood system of tunnels and burrows remains central, a dozen or more other systems are featured, together with extreme ups and downs in mole life.
Duncton Wood, the first novel of the Duncton Chronicles, introduces the world of moles through Bracken, first met as a young mole and followed throughout his life. It tells...
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