Isle of the Dead

There is a painting by Swiss artist Arnold Bocklin called "Isle of the Dead". It shows a boat being rowed to an island that looks like the remains of a caldera. Zelazny used the image as inspiration for the setting of the ending of his book by the same name. But the setting is only a small part of this book. What's really amazing is that Zelazny creates a mythology from scratch and his main character is one of the gods, albeit a reluctant one. It's the primary reason I found this book so intriguing.

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