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In medieval England, eleven-year-old Piers' dream comes true when he becomes page to Parsifal, a peasant whose quest for knighthood reveals important secrets about both of their families.Tags
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My least favorite of his books, which are all amazing. Naivety and stupidity are things that must be handled with care when used as humor. Combine the two as humorous elements in a book and you could (and he does, in my opinion) run into trouble.
Another good effort by Gerald Morris. Again, I find myself more interested in the history of the legends about the character than I was previously. On the other hand, if the book had ended when Parsifal became a king I would have been just as happy.
My amazing love for Parsifal was not disappointed in this book. I love this series and it's take on Arthurian mythology, the way he splits up the old Celtic and the French Medieval stuff and pits them against each other.
An old, old favorite from circa 2004, the children's section in the Eaton library, reread the middle of the night because when you're a grownup no one can make you go to sleep.
see: the ballad of sir dinadan
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Gerald Morris lives in Wausau, Wisconsin, with his wife and three children. In addition to writing he also serves as pastor of a church and teachers theology. As a child, Morris read voraciously, but mostly bad Western novels. Years later, when he discovered the ancient tales of King Arthur and realized what a good thing he had been missing all show more those years, he decided to retell those stories for the next generation show less
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- Canonical title
- Parsifal's Page
- Original publication date
- 2001
- People/Characters
- Parsifal; Piers
- Epigraph
- "'Open!'
'To whom? Who is there?'
'I wish to enter your heart.'
'Then you want too narrow a space.'
'How is that? Can't I just squeeze in? I promise not to jostle you. I want to tell you marvels.'"
--Wolfram vo... (show all)n Eschenbach, Parzival - Dedication
- This one is for William,
and also for Katherine Paterson - First words
- Piers worked the bellows slowly and steadily, the way his father was always nagging him to do it.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I'd rather not, thank you. But do you think you could teach me to make nails?"
- Original language
- English
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- 398
- Popularity
- 78,281
- Reviews
- 5
- Rating
- (4.04)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- UPCs
- 2
- ASINs
- 4
