MORT TERRY PRATCHETT FOLIO SOCIETY ILLUSTRATED SLIPCASED GIFT ED Brand NEW

  
Young Mort despairs of finding a suitable career in his provincial village, until one day he is rather unexpectedly hired by a bony figure in a cowl Death, it seems, is in need of an apprentice. Introduced to the chilly truth behind the workings of the universe, the inherently curious Mort cannot help but meddle with the laws of time and space. The resulting chaos means all manner of trouble for the stability of reality, not to mention his burgeoning love life. Terry Pratchett wasnt simply a master of his genre, conjuring one of fictions strangest and most beloved fantasy realms in the form of the Discworld; he was also a master storyteller, and one of our greatest modern writers. In her introduction for this edition, A. Byatt describes his maddening and delightful imagination, and how the core of his work always contained a reflection on the nature and language of things. Whether following the personification of Death to a curry house or threatening the great city of Ankh-Morpork with a dragon, Pratchetts focus was always on the humanity of his characters. He knew their passions, failings, hopes and desperations, revealing them with compassion and wisdom and if the truth bit a little close to home for the reader, a joke would be along at any moment to take away the sting. His gift has always been in treating the big subjects with the lightest touch and in smuggling huge banks of wisdom past unsuspecting, giggling readers New Statesman. Omar Rayyan, a long-time fan of the Discworld series, has provided 7 colour illustrations that capture the humour and vibrancy of Pratchetts remarkable creation.

This beautiful collectors edition features printed endpapers illustrated by the artist, a slipcase printed with a silver line drawing, and a cover bound in tactile velveteen cloth, with an illustrated inset paper label. The spine sports a tiny silver ATuin, the great disc-carrying turtle truly an edition fit for the Unseen Universitys very own library. Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. After leaving school he worked as a journalist and as a press officer before becoming a full-time writer in 1987.

He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series, which has been published in translation worldwide. His other titles include The Carpet People (1971), published when he was just twenty-three years old; Good Omens (1990), a collaboration with Neil Gaiman; Nation (2008);Dodger (2012); and The Long Earth series (201215), a collaboration with Stephen Baxter. In 1998 he was appointed OBE and in 2009 he was knighted for services to literature. Pratchett died in March 2015. Omar Rayyan is a US-based artist whose illustrations are featured in various games, childrens publications, magazines and illustrated books, including The Brown Fairy Book (2010) and A Traveller in Time (2012) for The Folio Society.

His work has garnered many awards, including the Spectrum Fantastic Art Silver and Gold Awards, and the Chesleys Lifetime Achievement Award. His paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the US and Europe, and grace the walls of many art collectors worldwide. Omar currently resides on the island of Marthas Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts.

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• Title/Series: Mort
• Subject: Literature, Modern
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
• Format: Hardcover
• Author: Pratchett
• Language: English
• Special Attributes: Illustrated