The Magicians (TV Tie-In Edition) - Magicians Trilogy

Zusatztext “ The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. Solidly rooted in the traditions of both fantasy and mainstream literary fiction, the novel tips its hat to Oz and Narnia as well to Harry, but don’t mistake this for a children's book. Grossman’s sensibilities are thoroughly adult, his narrative dark and dangerous and full of twists.  Hogwarts was never like this.” —George R. R. Martin, bestselling author of  A Game of Thrones   “This gripping novel draws on the conventions of contemporary and classic fantasy novels in order to upend them, and tell a darkly cunning story about the power of imagination itself. [ The Magicians is] an unexpectedly moving coming-of-age story.” —The New Yorker   “Sad, hilarious, beautiful, and essential to anyone who cares about modern fantasy.” —Joe Hill, author of  Horns and Locke & Key   “If you like the Harry Potter books . . . you should also read Lev Grossman’s Magicians series, which is a very knowing and wonderful take on the wizard school genre.” —John Green, author of  The Fault in Our Stars   “Fiercely intelligent.” —William Gibson, author of  Neuromancer   “Most people will like this book. But there’s a certain type of reader who will enjoy it down to the bottoms of their feet.” —Patrick Rothfuss, author of  The Name of the Wind   “Lev Grossman’s novel The Magicians may just be the most subversive, gripping, and enchanting fantasy novel I’ve read this century. . . . Grossman is a hell of a pacer, and the book rips along, whole seasons tossed out in a single sentence, all the boring mortar ground off the bricks, so that the book comes across as a sheer, seamless face that you can’t stop yourself from tumbling down once you launch yourself off the first page. This isn’t just an exercise in exploring what we love about fantasy and the lies we tell ourselves about it—it’s a shit-kicking, gripping, tightly plotted novel that makes you want to take the afternoon off work to finish it.” —Cory Doctorow,  Boing Boing   “Fresh and compelling. . . . The Magicians is a great fairy tale, written for grown-ups but appealing to our most basic desires for stories to bring about some re-enchantment with the world, where monsters lurk but where a young man with a little magic may prevail.” —Washington Post   “ The Magicians is original . . . slyly funny.” —USA Today   “Lev Grossman’s playful fantasy novel The Magicians pays homage to a variety of sources . . . with such verve and ease that you quickly forget the references and lose yourself in the story.” —O,  The Oprah Magazine   “The novel manages a literary magic trick: it’s both an enchantingly written fantasy and a moving deconstruction of enchantingly realized fantasies.” —Los Angeles Times   “Intriguing, coming-of-age fantasy” —Boston Globe  (Pick of the Week)   “I felt like I was poppin’ peyote buttons with J. K. Rowling when I was reading Lev Grossman’s new novel The Magicians . . . . I couldn’t put it down.” —Mickey Rapkin,  GQ   “Sly and lyrical, [ The Magicians ] captures the magic of childhood and the sobering years beyond.” —Entertainment Weekly “Through sheer storytelling grace and imaginative power, Lev Grossman [creates] an adventure that’s both enthralling and mature.” —Details   “Mixing the magic of the most beloved children's fantasy classics (from Narnia and Oz to Harry Potter and Earthsea) with the sex, excess, angst, and anticlimax of life in college and beyond, Lev Grossman’s The Magicians reimagines modern-day fantasy for grown-ups. [It] ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lev Grossman
• Editore: Penguin Books USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.11.2015
• EAN: 9780399576645
• ISBN: 978-0-399-57664-5
• Pagine: 432
• Dimensioni: 138 mm x 213 mm x 23 mm
• Serie: Magicians Trilogy; Magicians Trilogy
• Categoria: Narrativa > Science Fiction, Fantasy