West of January

{{short description|1989 novel by Dave Duncan}}

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| author = Dave Duncan

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| language = English

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| genre = Fantasy novel

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| release_date = 1989 (1st edition)

| media_type = Print (Trade paperback & Paperback)

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| isbn = 0-345-35836-8

| isbn_note = (1st edition)

| congress= CPB Box no. 2609 vol. 21

| oclc= 20184025

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West of January is a fantasy novel by Dave Duncan. The book won the 1990 Prix Aurora Award (Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy) for Best Long-Form Work in English.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Aurora_Awards_1990 |title=Aurora Awards 1990 |website=www.sfadb.com |access-date=2018-10-31}}

Plot

The novel is set on a world called Vernier, on which the cycle of day and night lasts two hundred years. It describes the journey of discovery of Knobil, a herdsman born on the grasslands of Vernier.

References

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Category:Canadian fantasy novels

Category:1989 Canadian novels

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