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Original Title:	Wyvern
ISBN:	0061000116 (ISBN13: 9780061000119)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Jaki Gefron, Lucinda Quarles, Trevor Pym

Wyvern Paperback | Pages: 693 pages

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Title	:	Wyvern
Author	:	A.A. Attanasio
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 693 pages
Published	:	March 1st 1990 by HarperCollins (Mm) (first published 1988)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adventure. Pirates

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I picked this up as a free Kindle download and was pleasantly surprised to discover what a deep and intelligent adventure novel it is. Although not quite operating on the level of sophisticated cross-cultural analysis one finds in David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob Zoet, that is the closest work I can think of to compare it to--both books will teach you vocabulary, ask you to ponder religions, colonialism, and far-off, exotic cultures, and tell complicated stories of romance and epic intrigue set at the dawn of the 17th century in Asia.

Wyvern balances the wild and the civilized, and the struggle between the two, both on individual and international levels. The hero is a dashing halfbreed from the wilds of Borneo who moves through and across cultures--and oceans and continents--as the book progresses (by the way, it is more than 700 pages--but it's charming escapism!). He reflects on animistic wisdom as a tribal sorcerer, on emergent capitalism and colonialism as a pirate, on the shared insights he has with Islam and Buddhism as a budding merchant married to an English beauty, all the while working through the psychological struggles of the self against the Mother and the Father; on the quest to find, hold, and keep the ephemerality of true love; and on the taking of responsibility for one's omissions, sins, and ultimate charge as a parent, as the cycle of life goes ever forward.

This book made me fondly remember my time in Borneo, Malacca, and Singapore. The author's background research appears accurate, the language is as lush as those jungles, and the high seas adventures are swashbuckling. Hail the dragon flag of Wyvern!

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Attanasio's brilliant reinterpretation of Tarzan, wherein a young orphan is raised by apes and eventually grows up to be the world's most feared pirate. How can you go wrong with a story about apes and pirates? This is one of the all-time best swashbuckling, two-fisted, read-all-night, make-you-abuse-hyphenation action epics ever!

Greatest book ever written... for me. My spirit is deeply ingrained in every page. Just finished it for the second time after reading it first in my thirties two decades ago. This time I had the pleasure of reading it with my teenage son. He bailed with about 100 pages to go. Couldn't forgive the author for turning it into a love story and eliminating one of the best characters (I won't spoil it by saying which one).Some see it as pure escapism but I have to strongly disagree. Sure, it's a

Description:A bold escapade with a young soul-catcher from Borneo kidnapped by pirates in 1609. Headhunters, sorcerers, pirates and Indian princes thrive in this adventurous, poetic tale of a young outcast in Borneo. Born in 1609, son of a native woman and a Dutch sea captain he never knew, Jaki Gefjon grows up in the jungle as a sorcerer's apprentice. Later kidnapped by pirates, he befriends his captor, Trevor Pym, notorious for his dreaded man-of-war, Wyvern. The scientific marvels on the

So many things happen to Jaki Gefjon in this story it seems as though the story could have been spilt into a series. Although the events in the story are very interesting and keep you reading, the story takes a very long time to come together in the last 5% of the book.

I loved Matubrembrem (and Jaki, until Lucinda) but Im not sure Im interested in Jakis current adventures (plus, whats coming is so predictable).3 stars (despite the DNF) because the first part did keep me captivated. Sadly, I am now less and less eager to pick the book up. The pattern is recurent (living a particular way of life, then father figure dies, then new life, then father figure dies, then new life ... with some battles here and there, lots, lots of introspection and of philosophical

An epic novel ranging from the jungles of Borneo, to the origins of New York, with a journey through India on the way, with pirates and sorcery. Jaki was a fascinating and complex character, and all the characters had depths of light and shade to them.

A sweeping tale of love lost, love found, humanity, magic, jungles... This was the first book I read that really captured my imagination. A young boy, taken from his mother at a very early age to be trained to be a medicine man. His mother killed before his eyes,he has to learn to live without her. In the process, he learns to live without anyone at all. And then, in a not so surprising turn of events learns to live with others, to love and to let go. A vibrant novel full of color and light. I