DISAPPEARANCE – The British writer JK Rowling also liked that in Britain, knighted by the Queen, died today at the age of 66 year old. He had sold 80 million copies worldwide.
Sir Terry Pratchett is no more. The British writer, King of humorous fantasy today died at the age of 66 years, announced his publisher, Penguin Books. He was known for his saga titled The Discworld Annals , a series of forty titles where the author was able to create a fantastic and funny universe in a setting called The Drive -Monde supported by four elephants, they rest on the back of a giant turtle.
He had sold 80 million copies worldwide. And these books were translated into 35 languages. By chance, a portion of these volumes will be reissued on April 28 by the House of Atalanta editions, based in Nantes. . It turns out that April 28 is the anniversary of the birth of Terry Pratchett
To give an idea of Pratchett’s universe, the eighth volume is summarized by Atalante “Night falls on Ankh-Morpork, the city wackiest of the Multiverse. A secret society of masked plotting to overthrow the Patrician and substitute a king. That’s not counting the City Watch and his team of sleuths, under the wise leadership of Captain Vimes. “Pratchett had attracted thousands of readers with this wacky series to the limit of parody of the genre. We know that. When the parody is successful, it often exceeds the original
In Britain, the writer has incredible odds. According to a survey, it was designated as the second favorite author of the English, just behind the untouchable creator of Harry Potter. But better than JK Rowling, he was knighted by the Queen for all of his work in 2008. A work that does not stop this series of Discworld Annals . Next week will be released in France a translation of one of his novels, The Long March , always with Atalanta, and always in the same spirit of the satirical fantasy “Despite the climate prevailing Apocalypse on Primeterre, human beings have a uncommon intelligence are emerging. Lobsang invited Joshua to learn about the young people of Belle Escale, which will cross the road Kaufmann captain in calamitous circumstances. Linsay Sally receives a message from his father, informing him that he has to fly to Mars. “
” I was deeply saddened to learn that Sir Terry Pratchett is dead. The world has lost one of its brightest and its strongest minds, “writes Larry Finlay, editions Penguin Books UK. He added: “In more than 70 books Terry has enriched the world like few before him. As anyone who read and know, The Discworld Annals were his manner of writing a satire of the world. He did it brilliantly, with great skill, with humor and permanent inventiveness. “The British writer died of a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease.
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