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A carregar... Discworld 24 The Fifth Elephant (original 1999; edição 2000)por Terry Pratchett
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 4.5, really. I think my favorite of the Watch series, so far. Certainly the one that makes me want to think and talk and argue the most. Also, werewolves and gender and nuanced dwarf Judaism really are my cup of tea, so. ( ) I think the City Guard series are my favorite of the discworld books, followed closely by Death. The king of the dwarves died and everyone is invited to attend the coronation of the new king. though there is a bit of debate on who should be the next king. Commander Vimes was sent as the ambassador for Ankh-Morpork. Vimes has his work cut out for him, but he gets to do his policing which he likes vs the ambassador stuff which he doesn't really care for. But mysteries are his cup of tea and he needs to solve it to help prevent international relations from going south. 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. 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!
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!" Está contido emTem a adaptaçãoÉ resumida emPrémiosNotable Lists
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 if he can't make it through the forest to civilisation there's going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They're bright. They're fast. They're werewolves--and they're catching up. Sam Vimes is out of time, out of luck, and already out of breath ... Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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