The Silmarillion

How, given little over half a century of work, did one man become the creative equivalent of a people?†The Guardian Demanding to be compared with English mythologies… at times rises to the greatness of true myth.†Financial Times A creation of singular beauty… magnificent.†Washington Post A grim, tragic, brooding and beautiful book, shot through with heroism and hope… its power is almost that of mysticism.†Toronto Globe & Mail