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S'està carregant… The Fifth Elephant (1993)de Terry Pratchett
![]() BBC Big Read (116) Books Read in 2015 (107) » 16 més Books Read in 2020 (177) Best Satire (43) Books Read in 2016 (2,293) 1990s (76) Books Read in 2013 (559) Books Read in 2021 (2,771) Books Read in 2010 (124) Books Read in 2014 (2,099) No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Dicen que la tierra es plana y se aguanta a lomos de cuatro elefantes que están encima del caparazón de una tortuga. Dicen que había un quinto elefante, y lo que ocurrió con él ha pasado a formar parte de la leyenda. Dicen que en cualquier leyenda siempre hay una pizca de verdad… Llega la entrega número 24 de la serie del Mundodisco, del genial Terry Pratchett. Si lord Vetinari, el taimado gobernante de la metrópoli de Ankh-Morpork, quería alguien con tacto y diplomacia para que representara a la ciudad durante la ceremonia de coronación del nuevo rey electo de los enanos en el distante país de Überwald, ¿por qué -se pregunta Sam Vimes- lo ha escogido a él? Lord Vetinari quiere echarle a los lobos. Y a los enanos. Y a los vampiros. Porque éstas son las tres mayorías que gobiernan el vasto y feudal reino de Überwald. Donde se extrae el mejor sebo para velas y cirios, del que es absolutamente dependiente la ciudad de Ankh-Morpork. Así que esta misión diplomática es también una misión económica encubierta, para lo cual un curioso funcionario de palacio acompañará a los nuevos embajadores: él se encargará de todos los susurros y guiños mientras Vimes se dedique a servir los sándwiches de pepinillo. Aunque no le apetezca, sir Samuel Vimes, comandante de la Guardia de la Ciudad, no va a poder negarse a la orden de lord Vetinari, y pronto parte con su séquito hacia Überwald, donde deberá resolver un misterio. Discworld 24 Enn eitt létt grínið hjá Pratchett. Nú er merkasti gripurinn á dvergasafninu í Ankh-Morpogh stolið og hann tengist krýningu næsta konungs dverganna í Ubervald. Yfirmaður löggæslunnar í A-M, Sam Vines, er sendur til að aðstoða við rannsókn þjófnaðirins enda var raunverulega gripnum sjálfum stolið í Ubervald. Allt er að sjóða upp úr og því þarf að sýna sérstaklega pólitíska næmni í samskiptum við fylkingar dverga, varúlfa og vampíra í Ubervald. Vines er kjörinn í starfið. Fíllinn er mættur í postulínsbúðina! Very good! Top form Pratchett. The Clacks are very cool, Uberwald is a great setting, and the werewolves and dwarves both had a lot of interesting stuff going on (and Lady Margoletta floating around too, of course). There were some really well-written scenes, like The Game, and Gaspode & Carrot’s journey. Still dislike Colon a lot but you’re supposed to this time, and I appreciate Nobby more now that he’s a union man. Btw, I like Angua and Carrot’s relationship quite a bit, but I feel like I’m always waiting for the other shoe to drop— and Angua seems to be waiting for it too. Either Carrot needs to fail at something, or Angua needs to accept she’s worthy of perfect love from him, I think. Not to overanalyze the relationship of two fictional characters.
Trying to summarize the plot of a Pratchett novel is like describing "Hamlet" as a play about a troubled guy with an Oedipus complex and a murderous uncle. Pratchett isn't Shakespeare -- for one thing, he's funnier -- but his books are richly textured, as the pundits say, and far more complex than they appear at first. You don't have to be familiar with folklore, Leonardo da Vinci and Capability Brown, the history of religion, "Macbeth" and Laurel and Hardy to appreciate them, but if you aren't, you will miss some of the in-jokes. Just consider yourself grabbed by the collar, with me shouting, "You've got to read this book!" Pertany a aquestes sèriesPertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsContingut aTé l'adaptacióAbreujat a
Sam Vimes is a man on the run. Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police and the ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don t ask). It s snowing. It s freezing. And there are monsters on his trail . . ." No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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