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Discworld #7
Pyramids
Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn’t too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems...
341 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
About the author
Terry Pratchett
697 books47.2k followersSir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983–2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
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July 14, 2016
Pratchetta som pár rokov nečítal, teraz som sa k nemu vrátil a veľmi dobre som sa zabavil. Pyramídy sú vydarenou paródiou na staroveké kultúry a náboženstvo/-stvá. Dobré čítanie na pláž.
June 1, 2026
Keď sa stavba monumentov stane ekonomickým fetišom a parozábranou na čas
Siedmy diel Plochozeme je úplným unikátom. Pratchett nás prvýkrát berie mimo známy Ankh-Morpork, úplne opúšťa zavedené postavy a berie nás na horúci juh do ríše Mžil (Mžilibába). A mne osobne táto osviežujúca zmena prostredia sadla ešte o kúsok viac než Soudné sestry.
Hlavný hrdina Těpic, čerstvo diplomovaný vrah z ankh-morporského Cechu vrahov, sa po smrti otca vracia domov, aby sa stal faraónom. Naráža však na brutálny kultúrny schok. Ako moderne vzdelaný človek sa stáva väzňom rituálov, kde mu kňazi osem hodín denne máčajú nohy v mlieku, aby sa nezrútil vesmír.
Pod nánosom starovekého Egypta a Grécka sa však skrýva tá najrafinovanejšia satira britskej kráľovskej rodiny a inštitúcie monarchie. Pratchett majstrovsky ukazuje osamelosť panovníka lapeného v „kráľovskej povinnosti“ – v luxusnej zlatej klietke tradícií, ktorá požiera peniaze daňových poplatníkov len preto, aby zajtrajšok vyzeral presne ako včerajšok. Pyramídy tu totiž fungujú ako obrie parozábrany na čas, ktoré bránia akémukoľvek pokroku.
Je to vtipné, je to hryzavé a núti to k zamysleniu nad tým, ako veľmi sa nechávame opiť spoločenským divadlom a drahými kulisami moci. Skvelá jízda, ktorú Kantůrkov preklad (mená bohov, cechové reálie) opäť povýšil na umelecké dielo.
Siedmy diel Plochozeme je úplným unikátom. Pratchett nás prvýkrát berie mimo známy Ankh-Morpork, úplne opúšťa zavedené postavy a berie nás na horúci juh do ríše Mžil (Mžilibába). A mne osobne táto osviežujúca zmena prostredia sadla ešte o kúsok viac než Soudné sestry.
Hlavný hrdina Těpic, čerstvo diplomovaný vrah z ankh-morporského Cechu vrahov, sa po smrti otca vracia domov, aby sa stal faraónom. Naráža však na brutálny kultúrny schok. Ako moderne vzdelaný človek sa stáva väzňom rituálov, kde mu kňazi osem hodín denne máčajú nohy v mlieku, aby sa nezrútil vesmír.
Pod nánosom starovekého Egypta a Grécka sa však skrýva tá najrafinovanejšia satira britskej kráľovskej rodiny a inštitúcie monarchie. Pratchett majstrovsky ukazuje osamelosť panovníka lapeného v „kráľovskej povinnosti“ – v luxusnej zlatej klietke tradícií, ktorá požiera peniaze daňových poplatníkov len preto, aby zajtrajšok vyzeral presne ako včerajšok. Pyramídy tu totiž fungujú ako obrie parozábrany na čas, ktoré bránia akémukoľvek pokroku.
Je to vtipné, je to hryzavé a núti to k zamysleniu nad tým, ako veľmi sa nechávame opiť spoločenským divadlom a drahými kulisami moci. Skvelá jízda, ktorú Kantůrkov preklad (mená bohov, cechové reálie) opäť povýšil na umelecké dielo.
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