The Alchemaster's Apprentice: A Novel - Couverture rigide

Moers, Walter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 159020218X ISBN 13 : 9781590202180

Editeur : Overlook Books, 2009

Synopsis

The first three books set in Zamonia the mythical land created by Walter Moers, whose work has been compared to J.K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, and Shel Silverstein have achieved raucous critical acclaim and created hundreds of thousands of die-hard fans here and all over the world. Now Moers returns with a fourth "relentlessly whimsical" fantasy (Library Journal).

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

'A fascinating fantasy' Booklist

Welcome to Malaisea, a town where sick is healthy, up is down, right is wrong, and Ghoolion the Alchemaster reigns supreme...

Malaisea is also home to Echo the Crat, a multi-lingual creature resembling a cat. When his mistress dies, Echo finds himself out on the street. Dying of starvation, he is compelled to sign a contract with Ghoolion the Alchemaster, giving Ghoolion the right to kill Echo at the next full moon. But Ghoolion has reckoned without Echo's uncanny talent for survival or indeed his troop of new friends - the Leathermice, the Golden Squirrel, the Cooked Ghost and Izanuela Anazazi, the last Uggly in Malaisea...

Praise for Walter Moers

'Moers' creative mind is like J.K. Rowling's on Ecstasy' Detroit News

'Sheer craziness... Very amusing' Daily Telegraph

'Marvellously fantastical' Sunday Express

Revue de presse

Praise for Walter Moers

"Incredible level of imagination, stunning artwork, twisted, wild, brutally humorous Moers as a storyteller is a true original, a one-off whose sensibility and talent cannot be duplicated. Absolutely magnificent."
-Jeff VanderMeer for Omnivoracious

"Equal parts J.K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, and Shel Silverstein."
-Washington Post

"This is a children's book for adults who want to remember the joy of youth, but want more complexity."
-Philadelphia Weekly

"Cheerfully insane. Remains lively and inventive right through the final heroic battle between good and evil."
-The New York Times Book Review

"Moers's great strength, as evidenced by the multitude of characters he presents, is his creativity. Less a text and more an imagination on paper."
-Philadelphia Enquirer

"A yarn of drollery, deeper meaning and sheer lunacy."
-Rolling Stone

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Overlook Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 159020218X
• ISBN 13: 9781590202180
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible