Gene Wolfe's The Shadow of the Torturer -- Reading and Discussion Questions

Students in English 65, Fantasy, Brown University, 2004

• The Workings of the World
• When Lies Become Truths
• Severian's Thoughts on the Lake of Birds
• Shadow of Women
• Growing Up in the Guild
• The Shadow of the Translator
• Lessons in Loyalty
• Fantastic Science

References

Wolfe, Gene. The Shadow of the Torturer. New York: Roc/New American Library, 1991.

Wolfe, Gene. The Shadow of the Torturer in Shadow & Claw. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1981.

Last modified 29 April 2004