The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Oxford Modern Playscripts)

128 pages

Published April 1, 2003 by Oxford University Press, USA.

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978-0-19-831494-3
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents is a children's fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, published by Doubleday in 2001. It is the 28th novel in the Discworld series and the first written for children. The story is a new take on the German fairy tale about the Pied Piper of Hamelin and a parody of the folk tale genre.Pratchett won the annual Carnegie Medal from the British librarians, recognising the year's best children's book published in the U.K. It was his first major award.

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4 stars

Algunas lecturas tienen su recuerdo ligado a momentos muy concretos que nada tienen que ver con el libro en sí. Esta novela por ejemplo la recordaré como el libro que estaba intentando leer en una etapa de estrés extremo que hizo que tardase dos semanas en leer sus últimas 90 páginas. Afortunadamente esta entrega es una rara avis dentro de la saga de Mundodisco y está más orientada a un público juvenil así que tras ese interludio pude retomar la lectura sin haber olvidado ningún detalle importante de la trama. Al ser una novela más juvenil Pratchett (#speakHisName) deja de lado su faceta más mordaz e irónica y opta por un humor más directo. Pero esto no significa que sea un libro simplón ni mucho menos. Pratchett sigue siendo Pratchett y las reflexiones sobre lo divino y lo humano siempre van a estar ahí. Al ser una entrega …

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Maurice is a talking cat that has his own group of rats following him, as well as a boy. Together they get rich by pretending to save towns from rats. But their last job goes very wrong. There's something else in the shadows of their new town...

I listened to the new Audible version that isn't available in Goodreads yet. I wasn't expecting the book to be scary, but it is made for Halloween! Peter Seratinowicz does a very good narration job (the rat king whispers are scary good, but not good in noisy transports - be warned!). A brilliant story about stories. The short note from Rob Wilkins at the end is also worth it.

Review of 'Le fabuleux Maurice et ses rongeurs savants' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Une réinterprétation très pratchiettenne ( normal) des histoires de joueur de flûte. Maurice est très bon, tout comme noir mat. J'ai juste un souci avec Malicia, qui est peut-être un peu trop théâtrale. Mais, comme tout livre de Pratchett, ça reste une lecture très agréable, quand bien même il s'agit clairement d'une oeuvre à destination du jeune public.

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