WHITE, T.H. - The Once And Future King - (Paperback) *

Did belong to an American schhol before and has their stamp inside - Still in a very good condition.   >>>  Seriously, how do you review the pinnacle of all fantasy?  You can argue with me, but that, in my opinion, is what The Once and Future King is. Sure, the evil enchantresses are stout and grumpy, the magical castles are made out of food, the lily maids are fat and of a certain age, and the knights in shining armor refer to one another as ‘old chap’s.  Oh and did I mention that King Arthur’s nickname is ‘the Wart’?   -   Somehow, T.H. White takes the legend, undresses it, and gives it a new kind of dignity. Fantastical happenstance takes secondary place to human emotions and actions, noble, selfish, and ridiculous.  And the narrator himself always lurks somewhere, hastening to explain himself when it seems necessary, or simply describe the king of the fishes as ‘rather American looking, like Uncle Sam.’. To some the novel- subdivided into four books- may seem big and slow-moving.  But it is not a book to read in a day; nor should it be, since it concerns entire lives, whole worlds, both real and imaginary.  The characters are spared no description; we know them better than we ever could have before. This is fiction at its finest.    (Heather on Goodreads)