num_pages: 304
description: The first volume of a masterpiece - Usula K. Le GuinThe Earth is old and the sun is dying. In the great Citadel of the City Imperishable, Severian, apprentice of the torturers' guild, betrays his oath. Exiled, Severian begins his phantasmagoric odyssey through the dark and perilous world of the deep, distant future.A spectacular achievement - The TimesTotally original, new, incomparable: the beginning of something great - Ursula K. Le GuinCover illustration: Bruce Pennington
language: English
title: The Shadow of the Torturer
titlecomplete: The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
characters: Severian, Vodalus
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Audiobook, Speculative Fiction, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics
ratings_count: 27673
places: Urth
series: The Book of the New Sun, Solar Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Balrog Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Tähtifantasia Award, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Tähtivaeltaja Award
publisher: Easton Press