The Last Wish (2020)
První kniha série Zaklínač v anglickém jazyce.
Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. He roams the country seeking assignments, but gradually comes to realise that while some of his quarry are unremittingly vile, vicious grotesques, others are the victims of sin, evil or simple naivety.
One reviewer said: 'This book is a sheer delight. It is beautifully written, full of vitality and endlessly inventive: its format, with half a dozen episodes and intervening rest periods for both the hero and the reader, allows for a huge range of characters, scenarios and action. It's thought-provoking without being in the least dogmatic, witty without descending to farce and packed with sword fights without being derivative. The dialogue sparkles; characters morph almost imperceptibly from semi-cliche to completely original; nothing is as it first seems. Sapkowski succeeds in seamlessly welding familiar ideas, unique settings and delicious twists of originality: his Beauty wants to rip the throat out of a sensitive Beast; his Snow White seeks vengeance on all and sundry, his elves are embittered and vindictive. It's easily one of the best things I've read in ages.'
Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. He roams the country seeking assignments, but gradually comes to realise that while some of his quarry are unremittingly vile, vicious grotesques, others are the victims of sin, evil or simple naivety.
One reviewer said: 'This book is a sheer delight. It is beautifully written, full of vitality and endlessly inventive: its format, with half a dozen episodes and intervening rest periods for both the hero and the reader, allows for a huge range of characters, scenarios and action. It's thought-provoking without being in the least dogmatic, witty without descending to farce and packed with sword fights without being derivative. The dialogue sparkles; characters morph almost imperceptibly from semi-cliche to completely original; nothing is as it first seems. Sapkowski succeeds in seamlessly welding familiar ideas, unique settings and delicious twists of originality: his Beauty wants to rip the throat out of a sensitive Beast; his Snow White seeks vengeance on all and sundry, his elves are embittered and vindictive. It's easily one of the best things I've read in ages.'
Detaily vydání
Kategorie
Knihy v angličtině
Knihy v angličtině
Formát
128 x 196 mm
288 stran
brožovaná vazba
128 x 196 mm
288 stran
brožovaná vazba
ISBN
9780575082441
9780575082441
Rok vydání
2020
2020
Nakladatel
Orion Publishing Co
Orion Publishing Co
Jazyk
Angličtina
Angličtina
Série
The Witcher 2020 (kniha 1.)
The Witcher 2020 (kniha 1.)
Kód produktu
46833
46833
Knihy v sérii The Witcher 2020
- 1. The Last Wish (2020) (vyprodáno) - právě prohlížíte
- 2. Sword of Destiny (2020) (vyprodáno)
- 3. Blood of Elves (2020) (vyprodáno)
- 4. Time of Contempt (2020) (vyprodáno)
- 5. Baptism of Fire (2020) (vyprodáno)
- 6. The Tower of the Swallow (2020) (vyprodáno)
- 7. The Lady of the Lake (2020) (vyprodáno)
- 8. Season of Storms (2020) (vyprodáno)
