Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Dodał(a): Artur 'mr_mond' Nowrot

Tytuł: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Autor: Susanna Clarke
Autor ilustracji: Portia Rosnberg
Wydawca: Bloomsbury
Miejsce wydania: London
Data wydania: 2005
Liczba stron: 1006
ISBN-13: 978 0 7475 7988 5
Oprawa: miękka



Shortlisted for Whitbread First Novel Award and Guardian First Book Award. Winner of Hugo Award and World Fantasy Award.

The year is 1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon, and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell, whose displays of magic send a thrill through the country. Proceeding to London, he raises a beautiful woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious, fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician: the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange. Young, handsome and daring, Strange is the very antithesis of Norrell. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms that between England and France. And their own obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine.

"Unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventy years. It's funny, moving, scary, otherworldly, practical and magical, a journey through light and shadow – a delight to read."
Neil Gaiman