by Orson Scott Card · Ediciones B · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788440627193
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«Maestro cantor» is the science fiction and fantasy novel by Orson Scott Card, published by Ediciones B in paperback (375 pages, in Spanish).
In a future human empire, young Ansset, gifted with an exceptional voice, is taken from his world and educated in the House of Song. His gift allows him to amplify the emotions of those who hear him, a power that can be used to heal or to destroy. The novel follows his training and the weight of a talent capable of influencing those around him.
Spanish translation of Songmaster (1980), winner of the Edmond Hamilton-Leigh Brackett Memorial Award 1981 and finalist for the 1981 Locus.
For science fiction and fantasy readers looking for a story about talent, music, and human emotions.
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003). Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.
