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The Betrayals
by Bridget Collins
The Binding was a hard act to follow and author has excelled herself.
Inspired by the Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse, the novel features a game or Grand Jeu which is an art form or national sport studied at the exclusive boarding school, Montverre. Games are composed following an intense study of music, poetry, mathematics and meditation and are performed on a chess-like floor. I found this so intriguing and would love to “see” a composition.
The dual timeline story is beautifully told and centres around two rival students who initially compete then are forced to collaborate to write a near-perfect grand jeu. Ten years later Leo, one of the students now a disgraced politician, is blackmailed into returning to the school and there he meets the Magister Ludi who happens to be the mysterious sister of his school enemy. As the title suggests, it is a story of love and betrayal. It is a bildungsroman.
Saying anything more would spoil the enjoyment of reading it.
If you enjoyed The Binding, you will love this.
Inspired by the Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse, the novel features a game or Grand Jeu which is an art form or national sport studied at the exclusive boarding school, Montverre. Games are composed following an intense study of music, poetry, mathematics and meditation and are performed on a chess-like floor. I found this so intriguing and would love to “see” a composition.
The dual timeline story is beautifully told and centres around two rival students who initially compete then are forced to collaborate to write a near-perfect grand jeu. Ten years later Leo, one of the students now a disgraced politician, is blackmailed into returning to the school and there he meets the Magister Ludi who happens to be the mysterious sister of his school enemy. As the title suggests, it is a story of love and betrayal. It is a bildungsroman.
Saying anything more would spoil the enjoyment of reading it.
If you enjoyed The Binding, you will love this.