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de Un Plumazo: Las Historias Perdidas / A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories
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En un pas muy lejano, hace mucho tiempo, cuando los dragones todava existan y el nico videojuego era el ping-pong en blanco y negro, un mago entr con cautela en una taberna cargada de humo, en la antigua, maligna y neblinosa ciudad de Morpork...
Una coleccin imprescindible de veinte relatos cortos, escritos bajo pseudnimo para diversos peridicos en los setenta y los ochenta, del premiado y exitoso escritor de la saga Mundodisco. Estos textos, aunque no estn ambientados en el mundo literario ms famoso y querido de Pratchett, s contienen un valioso esbozo de lo que sera la mayor creacin del autor, as como su ingenio caracterstico, sus enseanzas satricas y su fantstica imaginacin. Conoceremos a Og, el inventor, el primer hombre de las cavernas que cultiv el fuego, mientras descubre los pros y los contras del progreso; atormentaremos los pasillos del Ministerio de Estorbos de la mano de los fantasmas desahuciados de las Torres de Pilajo; visitaremos Blackbury, un pequeo mercado con un extrao clima y un an ms extrao visitante; y acompaaremos al hroe Kron en una peligrosa aventura, que empezar en la antigua ciudad de Morpork, a travs del tiempo y del espacio... ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A delightfully funny, fantastically inventive collection of twenty newly unearthed short stories by Sir Terry Pratchett, the award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld fantasy series. This special trove--featuring charming woodcut illustrations--is a must-have for Pratchett fans of all ages and includes a foreword by Neil Gaiman. These rediscovered tales were written by Terry Pratchett under a pseudonym for British newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. The stories have never been attributed to him until now, and might never have been found--were it not for the efforts of a few dedicated fans. As Neil Gaiman writes in his introduction, "through all of these stories we watch young Terry Pratchett becoming Terry Pratchett." Though none of the short works are set in the Discworld, all are infused with Pratchett's trademark wit, satirical wisdom, and brilliant imagination, hinting at the magical universe he would go on to create. Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Ministry of Nuisances with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and embark on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork . . . Irresistibly entertaining, A Stroke of the Pen is an essential collection from the great Sir Terry Pratchett, a "master storyteller" (A. S. Byatt) who "defies categorization" (The Times); a writer whose "novels have always been among the most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies" (Independent UK). "If you read just one of Pratchett's books, you'll want to read everything he wrote. That now includes A Stroke of the Pen." -- Washington Post
En un pas muy lejano, hace mucho tiempo, cuando los dragones todava existan y el nico videojuego era el ping-pong en blanco y negro, un mago entr con cautela en una taberna cargada de humo, en la antigua, maligna y neblinosa ciudad de Morpork...
Una coleccin imprescindible de veinte relatos cortos, escritos bajo pseudnimo para diversos peridicos en los setenta y los ochenta, del premiado y exitoso escritor de la saga Mundodisco. Estos textos, aunque no estn ambientados en el mundo literario ms famoso y querido de Pratchett, s contienen un valioso esbozo de lo que sera la mayor creacin del autor, as como su ingenio caracterstico, sus enseanzas satricas y su fantstica imaginacin. Conoceremos a Og, el inventor, el primer hombre de las cavernas que cultiv el fuego, mientras descubre los pros y los contras del progreso; atormentaremos los pasillos del Ministerio de Estorbos de la mano de los fantasmas desahuciados de las Torres de Pilajo; visitaremos Blackbury, un pequeo mercado con un extrao clima y un an ms extrao visitante; y acompaaremos al hroe Kron en una peligrosa aventura, que empezar en la antigua ciudad de Morpork, a travs del tiempo y del espacio... ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A delightfully funny, fantastically inventive collection of twenty newly unearthed short stories by Sir Terry Pratchett, the award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld fantasy series. This special trove--featuring charming woodcut illustrations--is a must-have for Pratchett fans of all ages and includes a foreword by Neil Gaiman. These rediscovered tales were written by Terry Pratchett under a pseudonym for British newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. The stories have never been attributed to him until now, and might never have been found--were it not for the efforts of a few dedicated fans. As Neil Gaiman writes in his introduction, "through all of these stories we watch young Terry Pratchett becoming Terry Pratchett." Though none of the short works are set in the Discworld, all are infused with Pratchett's trademark wit, satirical wisdom, and brilliant imagination, hinting at the magical universe he would go on to create. Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Ministry of Nuisances with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and embark on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork . . . Irresistibly entertaining, A Stroke of the Pen is an essential collection from the great Sir Terry Pratchett, a "master storyteller" (A. S. Byatt) who "defies categorization" (The Times); a writer whose "novels have always been among the most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies" (Independent UK). "If you read just one of Pratchett's books, you'll want to read everything he wrote. That now includes A Stroke of the Pen." -- Washington Post
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