Something occurs to me in connection with Patricia McKillips's The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath, which has just been reprinted. My copy is buried in here somewhere -- does anyone remember if there is a reference to the heart?
Have not read yet IN THE FORESTS OF SERRE, but the flaps and several reviews speak of the prince "losing his heart" and having to catch a firebird and take it to a feared witch to retrieve his heart. There's a lot of people running around in this story, in layers of myth, as Pat does so well. But trading a heart of stone for a living heart once again seems to be Ronan's quest.
And McKinley's THE HERO AND THE CROWN -- the true source of power and magic, clean, pure power, is the dragon's heart. The head, which is mistakenly mounted on the wall, is actually poisoning the people. Head VS heart sounds promising.
BRIDGE OF BIRDS The bad guy hid his heart away to enable him to live forever -- some clever and wonderful stuff in there, if you haven't read it.
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Date: 2007-06-20 04:53 am (UTC)Have not read yet IN THE FORESTS OF SERRE, but the flaps and several reviews speak of the prince "losing his heart" and having to catch a firebird and take it to a feared witch to retrieve his heart. There's a lot of people running around in this story, in layers of myth, as Pat does so well. But trading a heart of stone for a living heart once again seems to be Ronan's quest.
And McKinley's THE HERO AND THE CROWN -- the true source of power and magic, clean, pure power, is the dragon's heart. The head, which is mistakenly mounted on the wall, is actually poisoning the people. Head VS heart sounds promising.
BRIDGE OF BIRDS The bad guy hid his heart away to enable him to live forever -- some clever and wonderful stuff in there, if you haven't read it.