Io mi chiamo Yorsh
core novel 2011 L'ultimo elfo
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  IT |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.65 (145 ratings, collected 2026-10-30) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9788834717882 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
This prequel to The Last Elf tells how Yorsh came to be. The book has three narrative voices. Two belong to his parents, a man and a woman who meet during a genocide while their people, the elves, are being deported; their story is both tender and terrible. The third voice, which opens the book, belongs to one of the destroyers who carry out the genocide, a point of view the earlier novels never gave. Yorsh shares a name with the last elf but is the one who came before him: a child of a world shaped by injustice and rage, and a possible sign of hope for a world free from evil.
Where it sits
- Universe: L'ultimo elfo
- Series: L'ultimo elfo core; position 5 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Silvana De Mari
Notes
- From the series record (L'ultimo elfo): Saga degli Ultimi: the cycle of novels around Yorsh, the last elf, and the orc lord Arduin, including two prequels.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series L'ultimo elfo: position 5 of 8: previous L'ultima profezia del mondo degli uomini (2010) · next L'ultima profezia del mondo degli uomini. L'epilogo (2012)
Sources
- Italian Wikipedia: Silvana De Mari
- Edizioni Ares: L'ultimo mago article
- University of Bologna library catalogue: Io mi chiamo Yorsh
- FantasyMagazine.it
- NonSoloCinema
- Macrolibrarsi: Io mi chiamo Yorsh
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