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Violence
Some
Torture (thematically present); violence; executions
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual relationships; complex power dynamics
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
One of the most unreliable narrators in literature; requires active reading
What this book is about
Wolfe's four-novel masterwork (collected here) is narrated by Severian, a torturer who is exiled and begins a journey across a dying-sun Earth millions of years hence. Features an unreliable narrator who may be lying about everything; torture (not graphic but thematically present); mature sexual content. For adults.
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Torture themes
Unreliable narrator
Adult sexual content
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