El quinto elefante : una novela de Mundodisco

Una novela del mundodisco

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Terry Pratchett, JAVIER; CALVO PERALES: El quinto elefante : una novela de Mundodisco (Hardcover, Spanish language, 2008, PLAZA & JANES)

Hardcover, 400 pages

Spanish language

Published Oct. 8, 2008 by PLAZA & JANES.

ISBN:
978-84-01-33684-3
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5 stars (3 reviews)

Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. But weren't there supposed to be five? Indeed there were. So where is it?...When duty calls. Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork constabulary answers. Even when he doesn't want to. He's been "invited" to attend a royal function as both detective and diplomat. The one role he relishes; the other requires, well, ruby tights. Of course where cops (even those clad in tights) go, alas, crime follows. An attempted assassination and a theft soon lead to a desperate chase from the low halls of Discworld royalty to the legendary fat mines of Uberwald, where lard is found in underground seams along with tusks and teeth and other precious ivory artifacts. It's up to the dauntless Vimes -- bothered as usual by a familiar cast of Discworld inhabitants (you know, trolls, dwarfs, werewolves, vampires and such) -- …

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Menos chistes y más trama

4 stars

Cuánto tiempo (demasiado) sin avanzar en mi proyecto de leer todo Mundodisco en orden. Según avanza la saga se va notando que Pratchett (#speakHisName) no se siente obligado a meter chistes constantemente y dedica mayores esfuerzos a la trama y a la construcción de ese universo maravilloso que habita a lomos del Gran A'Tuin. De esta novela destacaría, más allá de su entretenida trama de politiqueos y espionaje, su mensaje de compresión y tolerancia que demuestran una vez más que el mundo es un lugar un poquito más tolerable gracias a Pratchett.

Makes you think

5 stars

This is book is not full of laugh out loud moments or quick jokes, but rather takes the time to tell a really nice and compelling story with Sam Vimes in a heroic starring role. As always with Pratchett, the book is full of references to our own round world and makes you think about our own behaviour more than once

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