Neveryóna, or: The Tale of Signs and Cities
core novel 1983 Return to Nevèrÿon
Record
| First published | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.02 (689 ratings, collected 2026-08-28) |
| Page count | 399 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553241778 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Neveryóna, or: The Tale of Signs and Cities follows Pryn, a fifteen-year-old girl whose ability to read and write marks her as unusual in her world, as she leaves her home and travels through Nevèrÿon's varied social strata, from the wealthy suburb that gives the novel its title, near the port city of Kolhari, to poorer towns such as Enoch and working-class settlements beyond them. Descended, according to local legend, from a woman said to have invented the loom and spindle without receiving credit for it, Pryn becomes caught up in the political ferment surrounding Gorgik the Liberator's campaign against slavery, encountering wealthy conservatives and merchant patrons who quietly finance resistance to his movement as well as ordinary people affected by the changing economic order.
Where it sits
- Universe: Return to Nevèrÿon
- Series: Return to Nevèrÿon core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Samuel R. Delany
Notes
- From the series record (Return to Nevèrÿon): A four-volume sword-and-sorcery sequence, the first collection placed third in that year's reader poll for best fantasy novel and was nominated for the American Book Award and the Prometheus Award; the author later received a career life-achievement recognition from the World Fantasy Awards.
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 Return to Nevèrÿon: position 2 of 4: previous Tales of Nevèrÿon (1979) · next Flight from Nevèrÿon (1985)
Sources
- Return to Nevèrÿon (series) - Wikipedia
- Samuel R. Delany - Awards (sfadb)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevery%C3%B3na
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