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The High King (1968) is a high fantasy novel by American writer Lloyd Alexander, the fifth and last of The Chronicles of Prydain. It was awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1969. The series follows the adventures of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, as he nears manhood while helping to resist the forces of Arawn Death-Lord. In the concluding volume Taran and companions join the rest of Prydain in a great effort to defeat Arawn directly. Finally Taran must decide whether to be High King.

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  • The High King (1968) is a high fantasy novel by American writer Lloyd Alexander, the fifth and last of The Chronicles of Prydain. It was awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1969. The series follows the adventures of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, as he nears manhood while helping to resist the forces of Arawn Death-Lord. In the concluding volume Taran and companions join the rest of Prydain in a great effort to defeat Arawn directly. Finally Taran must decide whether to be High King. Thirty years later, Alexander explained to Scholastic students: "The High King was the final logical development of the first four books in the Prydain Chronicles. It was not an easy book to write, but at least I was building on a foundation that I had already made. I never considered a different ending ...". He did cry afterward, as the exchange implies many readers have done. After seven years "the characters were as close to me as my own family. ... I wept at the end – to see Taran confronted with such a brutally difficult decision." "The final choice is never offered to us in the real world ... In another sense, we face this kind of choice again and again because, for us, it is never final." (en)
  • Il Sommo Re (titolo in lingua originale: The High King) è un romanzo per ragazzi, l'ultimo dei cinque che compongono Le cronache di Prydain, un ciclo fantasy scritto dall'americano Lloyd Alexander e basato sulle leggende contenute nel Mabinogion, il testo mitologico più importante della letteratura gallese. È stato pubblicato nel 1968. Personaggi principali di questo romanzo sono i protagonisti già precedentemente comparsi nella saga: il giovane Taran, assistente-guardiano di maiali, la principessa Eilonwy, discendente della nobile casata di Llyr, il re e bardo girovago Fflewddur Fflam, Gwydion, principe di Dôn e figlio di Re Math fab Mathonwy, e una particolare creatura di nome , dall'aspetto minaccioso, ma dal carattere mite. (it)
  • 『タラン・新しき王者』(タラン・あたらしきおうじゃ、原題:The High King)は、アメリカのロイド・アリグザンダーが1968年に発表したファンタジー小説。「プリデイン物語」全5部作の第5巻である。1969年に優秀なアメリカ児童文学作品に送られるニューベリー賞を受賞した。 (ja)
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  • 0-8050-1114-5
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  • PZ7.A3774 Hi
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  • Sounder (en)
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  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (en)
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  • First edition cover (en)
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  • PZ7.A3774 Hi (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • English (en)
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  • Print (en)
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  • The High King (en)
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  • 23225498 (xsd:integer)
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  • 288 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1968-10-27 (xsd:date)
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  • 1969 (xsd:integer)
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  • Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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  • 『タラン・新しき王者』(タラン・あたらしきおうじゃ、原題:The High King)は、アメリカのロイド・アリグザンダーが1968年に発表したファンタジー小説。「プリデイン物語」全5部作の第5巻である。1969年に優秀なアメリカ児童文学作品に送られるニューベリー賞を受賞した。 (ja)
  • The High King (1968) is a high fantasy novel by American writer Lloyd Alexander, the fifth and last of The Chronicles of Prydain. It was awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1969. The series follows the adventures of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, as he nears manhood while helping to resist the forces of Arawn Death-Lord. In the concluding volume Taran and companions join the rest of Prydain in a great effort to defeat Arawn directly. Finally Taran must decide whether to be High King. (en)
  • Il Sommo Re (titolo in lingua originale: The High King) è un romanzo per ragazzi, l'ultimo dei cinque che compongono Le cronache di Prydain, un ciclo fantasy scritto dall'americano Lloyd Alexander e basato sulle leggende contenute nel Mabinogion, il testo mitologico più importante della letteratura gallese. È stato pubblicato nel 1968. (it)
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  • The High King (en)
  • Il sommo re (it)
  • タラン・新しき王者 (ja)
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