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[[File:PresterJohn_7934.jpg|frame| A book about books. Edible books.]]
''[[A Dirge for Prester John]]'' is a fantasy trilogy by [[Catherynne M. Valente|Catherynne M Valente]]. It consists of:
# ''The Habitation of the Blessed'' (2010)
# ''The Folded World'' (2011)
# ''The Spindle of Necessity'' (
In 1699, renowned orientalist Hiob von Luzern voyages to India in search of the legendary kingdom of Prester John, where strange mythological creatures have been converted to the Christian faith. Upon arrival, he discovers only a small village and a woman in yellow, who informs him that Prester John is gone. Unwilling to accept this, Hiob looks for some evidence of the lost kingdom. The woman in yellow shows him an impossible tree, one which grows books.
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* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Every marriage in Pentexore is arranged via the Abir, though the people feel free to make that work or not, and take lovers whether they are happy or not with their spouse.
* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: John's moral standards are perverse and inexplicable to the people of Pentexore, as are their moral standards to him.
* [[Body Horror]]: The first book ends with {{spoiler|Brother Hiob eating a mysterious flower that blooms from the book of John's memoirs,}} rendering him unconscious. The second book opens to reveal that not only has he not woken up, but a flowering vine has begun to grow out of his mouth and keeps getting bigger. {{spoiler|Even worse, it appears to take over his mind as well as his body. The closest he comes to waking up has him only able to write quotes from John's book, while choking on the vine.}}
* [[Creation Myth]]: The Garden of Eden story pops up here and there, but each of the races of Pentexore have their own myths of how the world came to be.
** Later, John tries to rewrite Genesis to fit Pentexore in it, because he simply can't let it go.
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