Terry Pratchett: Unseen Academicals
Unseen Academicals
Buch
- A Discworld Novel
- HarperCollins, 04/2024
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780063373747
- Bestellnummer: 11563413
- Umfang: 480 Seiten
- Gewicht: 454 g
- Maße: 203 x 135 mm
- Stärke: 31 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 23.4.2024
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Klappentext
Football, food, fashion and wizards collide in Pratchetts affectionate satire on the foibles of sports and sports fans. . . . The prose crackles with wit and charm, and the sendups of league football, academic posturing, Romeo and Juliet and cheesy sports dramas are razor sharp and hilarious but never cruel. At its heart, this is an intelligent, cheeky love letter to football, its fans and the unifying power of sports. Publishers WeeklyFootball (aka soccer) comes to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork, upending the wizards of Unseen Universityand dividing Discworldin this wonderfully funny novel in Sir Terry Pratchetts internationally bestselling series.
The wizards at Ankh-Morporks Unseen University are renowned for many thingswisdom, magic, teatimebut athletics, not so much. When Lord Vetinari, the citys benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the university revive its sports program and field a football team composed of faculty, students, and staffor lose the funding that pays for their nine daily mealsthe wizards of UU find themselves in a quandary. First, they have to understand what makes foot-the-ball so popular with Ankh-Morporkians. Then they have to learn how to play itand winwithout using magic.
Of course, the thing about football is that it is never just about football.
The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Unseen Academicals is the seventh and final book in the Wizards collection (and 37th Discworld book). The other books in the Wizards collection include:
The Color of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Sourcery
Eric
Interesting Times
The Last Continent
Biografie
Sir Terry Pratchett, the author of over three dozen novels, is one of the worlds best-selling novelists writing in the English language. His books have sold more than 65 milllion copies worldwide. In addition to his phenomenaland hugely popularDiscworld series for adults, Terry is the beloved author several childrens books. He was awarded Britains highest honor for a childrens novel, the Carnegie Medal. In 2008, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature. Terry lives in England, where he writes all the time. The characters and setting of THE TIFFANY ACHING ADVENTURES are dear to the authors heart, reflecting (obliquely) much of his own childhood in Englands Chalk countrythe part of the country where he still lives today. Mr. Pratchett and his wife, Lyn, have one grown daughter and many cats. Anyone can find out more about Terry at Harpers own website: terrypratchettbooks.com. In 2008, Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers Disease. Terry Pratchett
Unseen Academicals
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