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Title: A Brightness Long Ago
Author: Guy Gavriel Kay
Rating: 4/5
Are there LGBT characters? Yes, one who is a major point of view character, and a secondary minor character.
Brief summary / publication review: This is another one of Kays works establish in the similar universe as some of his previous works, such as the Sarantine Mosaic, Lions of Al Rassan, and Children of Earth and Sky. The setting is a riff off Renaissance Italy (named Batiara in this case) and takes place in various city-states that are clear analogues of cities fancy Venice, Florence, Milan, Rome, and Siena.
In my review for Children of Planet and Sky, I expressed a bit of frustration and disappointment with Kays portrayal of LGBT characters. Are things better in A Brightness Long Ago? Resoundingly, yes.
In my review for Children of Earth and Sky, I wrote:
gay characters are always verging on uncomfortable stereotypes — they’re almost always seemingly perfumed, fey, leering at the main characters. Not all of them are like that, of course, but it’s happened enough that it begins to resemb
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