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S'està carregant… Small Gods (1992)de Terry Pratchett
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The problem with Small Gods is that its plot is complicated without being especially deft, and many tiny scenes exist solely to move stage scenery. Since a fair number of Pratchett's jokes recur from one book to the next, and many of the jokes in this novel are of the running or repeating variety (virtually every character, seeing Om as a tortoise, remarks, "There's good eating on one of those things"), the reader can end up looking for the good lines, like a partygoer digging through a dish of peanuts for the odd cashew. Pertany a aquestes sèriesDiscworld: Gods (2) Pertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsGoldmann (42132) Pocket (5809) Contingut aTé l'adaptacióAbreujat a
Brutha, a simple man leading a quiet life tending his garden, finds his life irrevocably changed when his god, speaking to him through a tortoise, sends him on a mission of peace. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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