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Reviewed on June 2, 2011
In this graceful and evocative sf novel, Willis explores the impact of catastrophic illness on human society, plumbing the noblest impulses and the most banal, frantic, and craven tendencies of her richly created characters. Kivrin, a student studying at Oxford during an era when time travel is common and history students conduct on-site and in-time studies, is sent back to the Middle Ages. Both Kivrin and her tutor, Mr. Dunworthy, believe she is traveling back to a relatively safe year-after all, the rules prevent all sorts of dan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onJune 2, 2011 | Booksmack!
In this graceful and evocative sf novel, Willis explores the impact of catastrophic illness on human society, plumbing the noblest impulses and the most banal, frantic, and craven tendencies of her richly created characters. Kivrin, a student studying at Oxford during an era when time travel is common and history students conduct on-site and in-time studies, is sent back to the Middle Ages. Both Kivrin and her tutor, Mr. Dunworthy, believe she is traveling back to a relatively safe year-after all, the rules prevent all sorts of dan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
