Night Watch

di Terry Pratchett (Autore)

Penguin Books Ltd, 2025

A definitive annotated edition of one of the greatest of Terry Pratchett’s multi-million-bestselling Discworld novels 'A master storyteller' A.S. Byatt ‘Both comic and dark, blending high fantasy, twisted storytelling and all manner of wordplay ... a fine place to start reading Pratchett’ The New York Times Book Review Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is in hot pursuit of a serial killer. The trouble is, a well-timed lightning strike has thrown both policeman and pursued into the city’s past. Now Vimes must relive the history that made him: a cruel regime, a bloody revolution, a corrupt police force, and, most unnerving of all, a keen young recruit named Sam Vimes… Night Watch, which draws on inspirations as far ranging as Victor Hugo and M*A*S*H, is a keen satire about the true nature of political power, and the sacrifices made in the name of the greater good; but also a profoundly empathetic novel about community, connection and the tenacity of the human spirit. This edition of Night Watch – written at the height of Pratchett’s imaginative powers – includes a new foreword by Rob Wilkins and an introduction and annotations by Dr David Lloyd and Dr Darryl Jones, contextualising the novel and Pratchett’s far-reaching legacy for new readers and current fans alike.

• Autore: Terry Pratchett
• Editore: Penguin Books Ltd
• Collana: Penguin Modern Classics
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 400 p.
• Dimensioni: 197 x 128 mm
• Peso: 293 gr.
• EAN: 9780241759011

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