Flavia bujor wikipedia

Discover new books on Goodreads. Sign in with Facebook Sign in options. Join Goodreads. Combine Editions. Flavia Bujor Average rating: 3. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Flavia Bujor. Marion Schmid Editor. Quotes by Flavia Bujor? Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads.

Learn more. Opal is dead, and I don't see how a healer can change that! It's not something to joke about. Death is on strike! She hasn't done that for two centuries, and it's very annoying. Your friend is alive. Following Opal's recovery, she accompanies Jade and Amber to Oonagh, who reveals that on the coming summer solstice will be a battle between the Army of Darkness and the Army of Light, and that they therefore must persuade Death to end her strike.

Flavia bujor wikipedia

Having done so, they rejoin the Army of Light, where Amber identifies its leader, called 'Elyador' 'Chosen One' in the story's fictional languageat his own arrival. Thereafter the three protagonists observe the battle alongside their principal antagonistthe Thirteenth Councillor. Upon perceiving the Army of Light in danger, the protagonists leap from the Councillor's tower, provoking a 'golden rain' to inspire the Army of Light, which thereupon destroys the Army of Darkness.

This done, the victorious leaders discover a 'Seed of hope', which they plant to ensure their victory. A second storyline follows Elyador himself, amnesiac and itinerant, until his reaching the Army of Light. A third depicts the thoughts of 'Joa', a child dying of an unidentified disease, who observes the three protagonists in a series of hallucinations.

Inspired by them, she summons an estranged friend identified with Elyador to convey a final message: "My dreams gave life back to me. Now I must give dreams back to life". The Prophecy of the Stones was a bestseller in over twenty countries around the world; but many readers attributed the novel's fame to Bujor's age and not her talent at writing, and criticized her for giving her characters Mary Sue qualities.

Chicago Sun-Times reviewer Elizabeth Hand gave the book a negative review, writing that it "is a crass, cynical attempt to cash in on a writer's youth and photogenic qualities". While the story is a definite accomplishment for one so young, it is not a polished or mature work of fiction. So why purchase this? Because of the buzz, which flavia bujor wikipedia be heard at libraries, and perhaps for the inspiration it can give young writers.

If she can get published Meanwhile, possibly in another time, a hospitalized girl struggles for life--but even this cryptic frame fails to satisfy in the end. Without substance. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item.