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Night's Daughter
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First published January 1, 1985
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Marion Zimmer Bradley
803 books4,908 followersMarion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series, often with a feminist outlook.
Bradley's first published novel-length work was Falcons of Narabedla, first published in the May 1957 issue of Other Worlds. When she was a child, Bradley stated that she enjoyed reading adventure fantasy authors such as Henry Kuttner, Edmond Hamilton, and Leigh Brackett, especially when they wrote about "the glint of strange suns on worlds that never were and never would be." Her first novel and much of her subsequent work show their influence strongly.
Early in her career, writing as Morgan Ives, Miriam Gardner, John Dexter, and Lee Chapman, Marion Zimmer Bradley produced several works outside the speculative fiction genre, including some gay and lesbian pulp fiction novels. For example, I Am a Lesbian was published in 1962. Though relatively tame by today's standards, they were considered pornographic when published, and for a long time she refused to disclose the titles she wrote under these pseudonyms.
Her 1958 story The Planet Savers introduced the planet of Darkover, which became the setting of a popular series by Bradley and other authors. The Darkover milieu may be considered as either fantasy with science fiction overtones or as science fiction with fantasy overtones, as Darkover is a lost earth colony where psi powers developed to an unusual degree. Bradley wrote many Darkover novels by herself, but in her later years collaborated with other authors for publication; her literary collaborators have continued the series since her death.
Bradley took an active role in science-fiction and fantasy fandom, promoting interaction with professional authors and publishers and making several important contributions to the subculture.
For many years, Bradley actively encouraged Darkover fan fiction and reprinted some of it in commercial Darkover anthologies, continuing to encourage submissions from unpublished authors, but this ended after a dispute with a fan over an unpublished Darkover novel of Bradley's that had similarities to some of the fan's stories. As a result, the novel remained unpublished, and Bradley demanded the cessation of all Darkover fan fiction.
Bradley was also the editor of the long-running Sword and Sorceress anthology series, which encouraged submissions of fantasy stories featuring original and non-traditional heroines from young and upcoming authors. Although she particularly encouraged young female authors, she was not averse to including male authors in her anthologies. Mercedes Lackey was just one of many authors who first appeared in the anthologies. She also maintained a large family of writers at her home in Berkeley. Ms Bradley was editing the final Sword and Sorceress manuscript up until the week of her death in September of 1999.
Probably her most famous single novel is The Mists of Avalon. A retelling of the Camelot legend from the point of view of Morgaine and Gwenhwyfar, it grew into a series of books; like the Darkover series, the later novels are written with or by other authors and have continued to appear after Bradley's death.
Her reputation has been posthumously marred by multiple accusations of child sexual abuse by her daughter Moira Greyland, and for allegedly assisting her second husband, convicted child abuser Walter Breen, in sexually abusing multiple unrelated children.
(from Wikipedia)
Bradley's first published novel-length work was Falcons of Narabedla, first published in the May 1957 issue of Other Worlds. When she was a child, Bradley stated that she enjoyed reading adventure fantasy authors such as Henry Kuttner, Edmond Hamilton, and Leigh Brackett, especially when they wrote about "the glint of strange suns on worlds that never were and never would be." Her first novel and much of her subsequent work show their influence strongly.
Early in her career, writing as Morgan Ives, Miriam Gardner, John Dexter, and Lee Chapman, Marion Zimmer Bradley produced several works outside the speculative fiction genre, including some gay and lesbian pulp fiction novels. For example, I Am a Lesbian was published in 1962. Though relatively tame by today's standards, they were considered pornographic when published, and for a long time she refused to disclose the titles she wrote under these pseudonyms.
Her 1958 story The Planet Savers introduced the planet of Darkover, which became the setting of a popular series by Bradley and other authors. The Darkover milieu may be considered as either fantasy with science fiction overtones or as science fiction with fantasy overtones, as Darkover is a lost earth colony where psi powers developed to an unusual degree. Bradley wrote many Darkover novels by herself, but in her later years collaborated with other authors for publication; her literary collaborators have continued the series since her death.
Bradley took an active role in science-fiction and fantasy fandom, promoting interaction with professional authors and publishers and making several important contributions to the subculture.
For many years, Bradley actively encouraged Darkover fan fiction and reprinted some of it in commercial Darkover anthologies, continuing to encourage submissions from unpublished authors, but this ended after a dispute with a fan over an unpublished Darkover novel of Bradley's that had similarities to some of the fan's stories. As a result, the novel remained unpublished, and Bradley demanded the cessation of all Darkover fan fiction.
Bradley was also the editor of the long-running Sword and Sorceress anthology series, which encouraged submissions of fantasy stories featuring original and non-traditional heroines from young and upcoming authors. Although she particularly encouraged young female authors, she was not averse to including male authors in her anthologies. Mercedes Lackey was just one of many authors who first appeared in the anthologies. She also maintained a large family of writers at her home in Berkeley. Ms Bradley was editing the final Sword and Sorceress manuscript up until the week of her death in September of 1999.
Probably her most famous single novel is The Mists of Avalon. A retelling of the Camelot legend from the point of view of Morgaine and Gwenhwyfar, it grew into a series of books; like the Darkover series, the later novels are written with or by other authors and have continued to appear after Bradley's death.
Her reputation has been posthumously marred by multiple accusations of child sexual abuse by her daughter Moira Greyland, and for allegedly assisting her second husband, convicted child abuser Walter Breen, in sexually abusing multiple unrelated children.
(from Wikipedia)
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September 29, 2020
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J’ai lu il y a peu un roman de l’auteure, mais je ne connaissais pas celui-ci. Aussi, j’étais curieuse de découvrir ce qu’elle allait nous proposer.
L’histoire nous propulse au sein d’un monde fantastique où Tamino, un prince d’Occident se retrouve plongé dans une quête à laquelle il ne s’attendait pas. Accompagné de Papageno, un homme-oiseau, il doit retrouver la princesse Pamina qui a été enlevée dans un autre royaume. Mais voilà, la vérité est plus complexe que prévue. Et s’il tombe sous le charme de la jeune femme, il devra passer plusieurs épreuves pour montrer qu’il est digne de son amour.
C’était un roman frais et léger que j’ai pris plaisir à découvrir. Les idées sont originales et j’ai adoré retrouver Papageno qui est un personnage vraiment haut en couleurs.
My English review
J’ai lu il y a peu un roman de l’auteure, mais je ne connaissais pas celui-ci. Aussi, j’étais curieuse de découvrir ce qu’elle allait nous proposer.
L’histoire nous propulse au sein d’un monde fantastique où Tamino, un prince d’Occident se retrouve plongé dans une quête à laquelle il ne s’attendait pas. Accompagné de Papageno, un homme-oiseau, il doit retrouver la princesse Pamina qui a été enlevée dans un autre royaume. Mais voilà, la vérité est plus complexe que prévue. Et s’il tombe sous le charme de la jeune femme, il devra passer plusieurs épreuves pour montrer qu’il est digne de son amour.
C’était un roman frais et léger que j’ai pris plaisir à découvrir. Les idées sont originales et j’ai adoré retrouver Papageno qui est un personnage vraiment haut en couleurs.
August 14, 2018
Night's Daughter a retailing of the Magic Flute.
Marion Zimmer Bradley had the ability make the reader see scenery with her words but this book would benefit from editing. There were obvious grammatical errors that were bothersome. I believe this was first released in 1983. In was slow in parts even in the battle scenes. Despite vivid description it seemed vague. I found the ending odd. MZB has become a conundrum for me. I loved Mists of Avalon and the Forest House series. I expect this will be the last of her novels I read.
Marion Zimmer Bradley had the ability make the reader see scenery with her words but this book would benefit from editing. There were obvious grammatical errors that were bothersome. I believe this was first released in 1983. In was slow in parts even in the battle scenes. Despite vivid description it seemed vague. I found the ending odd. MZB has become a conundrum for me. I loved Mists of Avalon and the Forest House series. I expect this will be the last of her novels I read.
October 21, 2024
This retelling of The Magic Flute doesn't share the power of its original opera (perhaps that is simply a product of the change in medium), but it still provides a well-done, classic fantasy love story. While I never felt particularly drawn to or in awe of the plot, I was entertained and occasionally surprised by it's choices. Its discussion of race and identity through the use of animal-human hybrid "Halflings", though, was uncomfortable at best, and this undercurrent kept me from wanting to really engage with the novel.
February 2, 2018
A quest of self-discovery in a land where animals and humans interbreed, dragons fly and warriors, wizards and sorcerers walk. Interesting themes, spun with Bradley's usual flair, compassion and style.
November 2, 2021
I had no idea Marion Zimmer Bradley was such a prolific fantasy author. I had only read Mists of Avalon in high school but was unaware that there is a whole series that continues! Back to Night's Daughter. It was interesting being the theme was basically between light and dark that encompasses ones nature and which one you choose to feed.
April 21, 2010
I'm a huge fan of Mozart and a fan of Marion Zimmer Bradley, so one would think her novelization of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute would truly be a favorite of mine. I did find the novel entertaining and with interesting takes on Mozart's characters, enough to mark this three stars, but I didn't find it completely satisfying. Among MZB's novels, I don't see this as a standout. Note, I'm not a fan of Mists of Avalon, I thought MZB was at her best not in reinterpreting classic tales such as the Arthurian legends, but in creating her own fantastical world in her Darkover series. And as a Mozart fan, her characterizations of Tamino and Pamina don't really convince me, and like another reviewer on LibraryThing, I think there was a lost opportunity here to give the Queen of the Night, well, another voice.
January 5, 2018
I like the idea of this book (a retelling of The Magic Flute) but I didn’t much like the execution.
The love story between the two heroes is not believable and I found the author’s writing style quite tiresome. She will spend an entire paragraph explaining or describing a concept, and then in the next paragraph re-explain it.
I also found the ‘halflings’ in this very weird and creepy. Especially the bath scene.
I did finish the book though, so I didn’t hate it. 2.5 Stars.
The love story between the two heroes is not believable and I found the author’s writing style quite tiresome. She will spend an entire paragraph explaining or describing a concept, and then in the next paragraph re-explain it.
I also found the ‘halflings’ in this very weird and creepy. Especially the bath scene.
I did finish the book though, so I didn’t hate it. 2.5 Stars.
July 20, 2014
Marion Zimmer Bradley's version of Mozart's Magic Flute, it is interesting
and fun reading.
and fun reading.
May 8, 2025
Die Zauberflöte“ war für mich als Kind etwas ganz Besonderes und so habe ich mich gefreut, das Buch in einem kleinen Laden mit gebrauchten Büchern entdeckt zu haben. Fasziniert haben mit damals die Königin der Nacht und ihr Reich, sodass ich neugierig darauf war, wie Marion Zimmer Bradley die Geschichte umgesetzt hat. Kurz zur Oper der Zauberflöte:
Die Königin der Nacht bittet Tamino, ihre Tochter Pamina aus den Fängen des Fürsten Sarastros zu befreien. Als Begleiter Taminos wählt die Königin der Nacht den Vogelfänger Papageno aus. Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf den Weg in das Reich von Sarastro. Doch statt Pamina zu rauben, stellen sie sich drei Prüfungen, damit Tamino Priester des Weisheitstempels werden kann. Diese Reise und Prüfungen sind die Hauptelemente der Oper.
Ich mach es kurz und schmerzlos, das war leider nichts für mich. Marion Zimmer Bradley leitet die Nacherzählung ein, indem sie die Welt der Zauberflöte beschreibt. Wichtig dabei sind Halblinge, Kreuzungen aus Menschen und Tier. Später wurden auch Halblinge miteinander gekreuzt. Die Lebewesen, zu denen auch Papageno gehört, ähneln ihren tierischen Vorfahren und sind teilweise nur in der Lage, einfache Tätigkeiten zu verrichten. So werden sie im Reich der Königin als Diener oder als Sklaven missbraucht. Und dann wurde praktisch die Oper „abgearbeitet“. Sarastro, Vertreter des Lichts, und die Königin der Nacht, Vertreterin der Dunkelheit, kämpfen gegeneinander und beanspruchen die Wahrheit für sich. Dazwischen geraten Tamino und Pamina, die für sich selbst herausfinden müssen, welchem Weg sie folgen wollen.
Warum fand ich das Buch nicht gut? Nun wusste ich bereits, wie die Geschichte ausgeht, doch das war nicht schlimm. Probleme hatte ich mit den wirklich blassen Charakteren, den Stereotypen, Paminas fast schon ungesunde Fokussierung auf die Ehe mit Tamino, den sie vorher nur einmal kurz gesehen hatte. Dazu kamen die plötzlichen Szenenwechsel. Und ja, Sarastro, der das Gute verkörperte, ging mir mit seiner Weisheit irgendwann ein wenig auf die Nerven.
Gut, in seiner Weisheit ließ er fast seine Tochter schänden, aber das passiert auch einmal dem besten Sonnenpriester. Insgesamt wurde dem guten Mann doch so einiges verziehen, was bei der Königin der Nacht deutlich kritischer hervorgehoben wurde in diesem Buch.
Wahrscheinlich wäre es besser gewesen, wenn es keine Nacherzählung geworden wäre, sondern eine Neuerzählung, in der Zimmer Bradley Elemente hätte übernehmen, sich aber ansonsten hätte frei entfalten können. So kann ich das Buch aber nicht empfehlen, schaut lieber die Oper oder, falls ihr keine Oper mögt, lest den ausführlichen Wikipedia-Artikel 😉. Der ist auch gut.
Die Königin der Nacht bittet Tamino, ihre Tochter Pamina aus den Fängen des Fürsten Sarastros zu befreien. Als Begleiter Taminos wählt die Königin der Nacht den Vogelfänger Papageno aus. Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf den Weg in das Reich von Sarastro. Doch statt Pamina zu rauben, stellen sie sich drei Prüfungen, damit Tamino Priester des Weisheitstempels werden kann. Diese Reise und Prüfungen sind die Hauptelemente der Oper.
Ich mach es kurz und schmerzlos, das war leider nichts für mich. Marion Zimmer Bradley leitet die Nacherzählung ein, indem sie die Welt der Zauberflöte beschreibt. Wichtig dabei sind Halblinge, Kreuzungen aus Menschen und Tier. Später wurden auch Halblinge miteinander gekreuzt. Die Lebewesen, zu denen auch Papageno gehört, ähneln ihren tierischen Vorfahren und sind teilweise nur in der Lage, einfache Tätigkeiten zu verrichten. So werden sie im Reich der Königin als Diener oder als Sklaven missbraucht. Und dann wurde praktisch die Oper „abgearbeitet“. Sarastro, Vertreter des Lichts, und die Königin der Nacht, Vertreterin der Dunkelheit, kämpfen gegeneinander und beanspruchen die Wahrheit für sich. Dazwischen geraten Tamino und Pamina, die für sich selbst herausfinden müssen, welchem Weg sie folgen wollen.
Warum fand ich das Buch nicht gut? Nun wusste ich bereits, wie die Geschichte ausgeht, doch das war nicht schlimm. Probleme hatte ich mit den wirklich blassen Charakteren, den Stereotypen, Paminas fast schon ungesunde Fokussierung auf die Ehe mit Tamino, den sie vorher nur einmal kurz gesehen hatte. Dazu kamen die plötzlichen Szenenwechsel. Und ja, Sarastro, der das Gute verkörperte, ging mir mit seiner Weisheit irgendwann ein wenig auf die Nerven.
Gut, in seiner Weisheit ließ er fast seine Tochter schänden, aber das passiert auch einmal dem besten Sonnenpriester. Insgesamt wurde dem guten Mann doch so einiges verziehen, was bei der Königin der Nacht deutlich kritischer hervorgehoben wurde in diesem Buch.
Wahrscheinlich wäre es besser gewesen, wenn es keine Nacherzählung geworden wäre, sondern eine Neuerzählung, in der Zimmer Bradley Elemente hätte übernehmen, sich aber ansonsten hätte frei entfalten können. So kann ich das Buch aber nicht empfehlen, schaut lieber die Oper oder, falls ihr keine Oper mögt, lest den ausführlichen Wikipedia-Artikel 😉. Der ist auch gut.
October 22, 2019
This was a simple fairy-tale, somewhat tropey. The plot was probably out of MZB's hands as she was following the Magic Flute (I am not familiar with the plot of that so I don't know where if anywhere she departed from it).
This features insta-love with all the essentialist (yin and yang type) stereotypes of complementarity. I grew up in such a strongly misogynist culture that even this seemed feminist once upon a time but by 2019 it's really just tiresome to chew over stereotypes. This reads like a children's book but with a lot of sex, most of it rapey and violent- none of it graphic but nevertheless...I don't really want to read about Monsanto (not his real name but what I kept calling him in my head) trying to force Pamina quite so many times. She was also too pure in a book where practically every other character was sex-obsessed.
Nevertheless I gave it three stars. I must have liked something about the way it flowed and I do like the high-fantasy stuff about people's moral fibre even if it has been written one million times. I could have done without the "halflings are man's burden" at the end (shades of colonialist and imperialist understandings) and as I said the low-level but persistant sexism.
It probably shows just how bad many books are that I felt sort of neutral about this one.
This features insta-love with all the essentialist (yin and yang type) stereotypes of complementarity. I grew up in such a strongly misogynist culture that even this seemed feminist once upon a time but by 2019 it's really just tiresome to chew over stereotypes. This reads like a children's book but with a lot of sex, most of it rapey and violent- none of it graphic but nevertheless...I don't really want to read about Monsanto (not his real name but what I kept calling him in my head) trying to force Pamina quite so many times. She was also too pure in a book where practically every other character was sex-obsessed.
Nevertheless I gave it three stars. I must have liked something about the way it flowed and I do like the high-fantasy stuff about people's moral fibre even if it has been written one million times. I could have done without the "halflings are man's burden" at the end (shades of colonialist and imperialist understandings) and as I said the low-level but persistant sexism.
It probably shows just how bad many books are that I felt sort of neutral about this one.
January 6, 2021
In "Tochter der Nacht" wird die Geschichte von Mozarts Zauberflöte nacherzählt. Ich habe das Stück einmal als Jugendliche gesehen, konnte aber nicht wirklich etwas damit anfangen. Ich hatte mir irgendwie vom Buch erhofft, dass ich die Story der Zauberflöte besser verstehe. Das habe ich damals in der Oper nämlich nicht wirklich. Aber wirklich beurteilen wie nah oder fern "Tochter der Nacht" der Geschichte der Zauberflöte ist, kann ich nach dem Lesen trotzdem nicht.
Im Buch wird jedenfalls Prinz Tamino von der Sternenkönigin aufgefordert, ihr ihre Tochter Pamina zurück zu bringen, die von Sarastro entführt wurde. Dazu wird ihm der Halbling Papageno zur Seite gestellt.
In Sarastros Reich stellt sich dieser als friedfertiger Priester heraus und verspricht Tamino die Hand von Pamina, wenn diese das wolle und beide verschiedene Prüfungen bestehen.
Kurz zusammengefasst: Ich konnte wirklich so gar nichts damit anfangen. Ich fand es langweilig und teilweise wirr (Das es bei einer Oper durch Szenenwechsel Sprünge gibt, kann ich nachvollziehen. In einem Buch hätte ich die aber gerne aufgefüllt, sonst kann ich auch gleich das Bühnenstück lesen.). Da das Buch recht kurz war, habe ich es auch wirklich bis zum Ende gelesen, aber mehr als ein Stern wurde es einfach nicht.
Im Buch wird jedenfalls Prinz Tamino von der Sternenkönigin aufgefordert, ihr ihre Tochter Pamina zurück zu bringen, die von Sarastro entführt wurde. Dazu wird ihm der Halbling Papageno zur Seite gestellt.
In Sarastros Reich stellt sich dieser als friedfertiger Priester heraus und verspricht Tamino die Hand von Pamina, wenn diese das wolle und beide verschiedene Prüfungen bestehen.
Kurz zusammengefasst: Ich konnte wirklich so gar nichts damit anfangen. Ich fand es langweilig und teilweise wirr (Das es bei einer Oper durch Szenenwechsel Sprünge gibt, kann ich nachvollziehen. In einem Buch hätte ich die aber gerne aufgefüllt, sonst kann ich auch gleich das Bühnenstück lesen.). Da das Buch recht kurz war, habe ich es auch wirklich bis zum Ende gelesen, aber mehr als ein Stern wurde es einfach nicht.
September 9, 2017
2.5 Stars
I found this book very confusing. You don't really get a good look at this world and how it works so you are left to stumble through it. Many things are left unexplained and I didn't really care for the Characters, who didn't really have a whole lot of personality anyway. But I was entertained and it was a pretty fast read. I don't know the original story so I can't say how well it is adapted.
I found this book very confusing. You don't really get a good look at this world and how it works so you are left to stumble through it. Many things are left unexplained and I didn't really care for the Characters, who didn't really have a whole lot of personality anyway. But I was entertained and it was a pretty fast read. I don't know the original story so I can't say how well it is adapted.
August 18, 2018
Not as good as many of her other books, but an interesting read. It feels like a very classical sword and sorcery fantasy. With a wee bit of "inner wisdom" Not what I would have picked up for myself, had it been an author unknown to me, but since it is her and I got it as a bookcrossingbook I thought I better give it a chance.
May 11, 2018
I had read another book by this author and really loved it so I was looking forward to reading this book. I was really disappointed. For me the story was really boring. The only redeeming factor for me was that it was short.
July 28, 2023
J'ai beaucoup aimé apprendre l'histoire de la flute enchantée, moi qui y était restée hermétique toute mon enfance.
J'ai adoré Papageno et Pamina, les épreuves, leur développement, MAIS entre Taminul et les loutres furries hyper sensuelles il fallait ôter des points...
J'ai adoré Papageno et Pamina, les épreuves, leur développement, MAIS entre Taminul et les loutres furries hyper sensuelles il fallait ôter des points...
June 19, 2017
Une fascinante histoire, assez courte, sur l'amour, la passion et avant tout, le contrôle des humains sur soi-même et la vérité
January 18, 2018
I read it with no expectations, knowing nothing about the book. I was surprised when I realized it was the story of Mozarts Magic Flute. Entertaining and colorful.
December 15, 2021
Mágico... Simbólico e leve... Meu corpo se dissolveu e me tornei o que realmente sou: filha da noite...
July 15, 2024
Feminist Mozart
Wonderful elaboration on Magic Flute, with Pamina and Papagena getting equql time with Tamino and Papageno, and a setting in a world of race and class.
Wonderful elaboration on Magic Flute, with Pamina and Papagena getting equql time with Tamino and Papageno, and a setting in a world of race and class.
November 13, 2025
J'ai trouvé l'histoire un peu ennuyeuse et assez convenue. J'imagine qu'en cela elle est fidèle à l'opéra.
May 29, 2023
Uma variação da Flauta Mágica que acaba por ser uma boa entrada para quem se queira aventurar no mundo da fantasia antes de ir para outros universos.
Simples mas bom.
Simples mas bom.
November 15, 2016
Hmm, ich kann irgendwie keine genaue Meinung dazu abgeben, weil ich das Original "Die Zauberflöte" nicht gelesen habe. Allerdings fand ich es wirklich super spannend, mal mehr über die Handlung zu erfahren. Und ich finde die Frauenpower Paminas wirklich super
December 30, 2020
I absolutely love this book, it's one of my my all time favorites. I love the tale and am absolutely in love with the characters. Even those that, that I don't like that much.
December 14, 2014
Marion Zimmer Bradley é uma das minhas escritoras favoritas, na área em que é mestra - literatura do fantástico. A filha da noite era um dos livros dela que me faltava e que tive oportunidade de ler esta semana que passou.
Atlas-Alamesios é povoado pelos humanos e pelos híbridos (meio animais e meio humanos) e tem duas casas reais - O grande templo da mãe negra e a casa real do Sol.
No reino da Noite e das Estrelas, governado pelo templo da mãe negra são tratados como escravos e usados como sacrifício para apaziguar os deuses. A Rainha da Noite e das Estrelas trata os híbridos (e não só) de forma malvada e cruel. Já no Reino da Luz, Sarasto, o sacerdote da Luz e o Grande Atlas, tenta ajudar os híbridos a ganharem confiança em si próprios.
Pamina é a filha mais nova da Rainha da Noite e das Estrelas e sua herdeira. O seu pai é Sarasto e, como sua filha única, Pamina é também a herdeira da casa real do Sol. Pamina terá de perceber, por si, a que casa pertence o seu coração, dado que os seus pais são tão diferentes como a água e o vinho, o dia e a noite.
Tamino é o mimado filho mais novo do Imperador do Ocidente e é enviado, pelo pai, ao Templo da Sabedoria para se submeter às provações. As provações são as provas a que todos se tem de submeter na sua passagem da adolescência para a idade adulta.
Os caminhos de Pamina e Tamino acabam por se cruzar, assim como se cruzam os sentimentos entre eles. O amor que vivem, desde o primeiro momento em que se vêem, acaba por os levar a submeterem-se às provações em conjunto.
Sendo eu fã de literatura do fantástico e de Marion Zimmer Bradley, fiquei desiludida com este livro. A história é previsível, os personagens pouco construídos e os diálogos incipientes.
No entanto, uma frase - a exigência que é feita a quem se vai submeter às provações - marcou-me pela positiva. Podia, devia, ser um lema de vida para todos nós: Nada te será exigido a não ser que dês o teu melhor em todas as ocasiões.
Atlas-Alamesios é povoado pelos humanos e pelos híbridos (meio animais e meio humanos) e tem duas casas reais - O grande templo da mãe negra e a casa real do Sol.
No reino da Noite e das Estrelas, governado pelo templo da mãe negra são tratados como escravos e usados como sacrifício para apaziguar os deuses. A Rainha da Noite e das Estrelas trata os híbridos (e não só) de forma malvada e cruel. Já no Reino da Luz, Sarasto, o sacerdote da Luz e o Grande Atlas, tenta ajudar os híbridos a ganharem confiança em si próprios.
Pamina é a filha mais nova da Rainha da Noite e das Estrelas e sua herdeira. O seu pai é Sarasto e, como sua filha única, Pamina é também a herdeira da casa real do Sol. Pamina terá de perceber, por si, a que casa pertence o seu coração, dado que os seus pais são tão diferentes como a água e o vinho, o dia e a noite.
Tamino é o mimado filho mais novo do Imperador do Ocidente e é enviado, pelo pai, ao Templo da Sabedoria para se submeter às provações. As provações são as provas a que todos se tem de submeter na sua passagem da adolescência para a idade adulta.
Os caminhos de Pamina e Tamino acabam por se cruzar, assim como se cruzam os sentimentos entre eles. O amor que vivem, desde o primeiro momento em que se vêem, acaba por os levar a submeterem-se às provações em conjunto.
Sendo eu fã de literatura do fantástico e de Marion Zimmer Bradley, fiquei desiludida com este livro. A história é previsível, os personagens pouco construídos e os diálogos incipientes.
No entanto, uma frase - a exigência que é feita a quem se vai submeter às provações - marcou-me pela positiva. Podia, devia, ser um lema de vida para todos nós: Nada te será exigido a não ser que dês o teu melhor em todas as ocasiões.
March 18, 2008
I don't know what it is about this book that I love so much, but it's one of my favorites. I think it's out of print, at least it was when I tried to buy it, I had to go through Buccaneer Book Search & pay $40 for a used paperback with a creased spine (I hate creased spines), but at least I now own it. Marion Zimmer Bradley is just one of the greats in my mind, & this is one of her better books. It's so different from anything I've ever read. It's worth picking up, if you can find a copy.
August 3, 2014
Ich hatte mir ein wenig mehr erhofft von dem Buch. Marion Zimmer Bradley ist eine meiner Lieblingsautoren aber mit diesem Buch konnte sie mich nicht so begeistern. Allerdings habe ich das Gefühl das es auch an der Deutschen Übersetzung liegt. Das allgemeine Sprachbild und ist etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig da es sehr einfach wirkt.
September 11, 2007
A weird little book, based on the Magic Flute, with a liberal hand of Mithraic mysteries, Atlantean mythology and unspoken sexuality. Fun read,if a tad bewildering at times -- it makes more sense if you know the opera.
April 23, 2017
This book is just another reason why Marion Zimmer Bradley is my all time favourite author. Night's Daughter is one of those stories that really appeal to your imagination. To say i loved reading this book is not enough.
January 22, 2015
:) uma versão muito própria de Marion Zimmer Bradley, sobre a tão famosa Flauta Mágica de Mozart .
já o li há uns bons anos atrás e tenho a memória de uma historia fantástica, onde a coragem, o amor e a perseverança são sentimentos presentes em cada palavra.
já o li há uns bons anos atrás e tenho a memória de uma historia fantástica, onde a coragem, o amor e a perseverança são sentimentos presentes em cada palavra.
February 16, 2016
I liked the idea of the Halflings to explain the different characters and their motivations, but the story didn't go far enough beyond the opera for me to be really interested. At least Pamina did have more of an assertive role.
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