The scar

"Egert is a brash, confident member of the elite guards and an egotistical philanderer. But after he kills an innocent student in a duel, a mysterious man known as "The Wanderer" challenges Egert and slashes his face with his sword, leaving Egert with a scar that comes to symbolize his cowardice. Un...

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Main Author: Dyachenko, Sergey
Other Authors: Di͡achenko, Serhiĭ, 1945-, Di͡achenko, Marina
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Russian
Published: New York : Tor, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:"Egert is a brash, confident member of the elite guards and an egotistical philanderer. But after he kills an innocent student in a duel, a mysterious man known as "The Wanderer" challenges Egert and slashes his face with his sword, leaving Egert with a scar that comes to symbolize his cowardice. Unable to end his suffering by his own hand, Egert embarks on an odyssey to undo the curse and the horrible damage he has caused, which can only be repaired by a painful journey down a long and harrowing path."--Publisher's website.
Item Description:"Originally published as IIIPAM in 1997 by ACT in Moscow"--T.p. verso.
"A Tor Book"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:336 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780765329936
076532993X
Author Notes:

SERGEY AND MARINA DYACHENKO have received numerous prestigious literary awards for their novels and short stories. They were honored as the European Science Fiction Society's Best Writers of Europe at Eurocon 2005. Marina and Sergey are married and live in Kiev. Their short story, "The Burned Tower", originally published in Russian, was a winner of the 1999 InterPressCon Award best story of the year, and has now been translated into English for the first time.

The Scar was translated by Elinor Huntington, who studied Russian Literature at Barnard College and UCLA. She currently lives in Los Angeles.