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The Last Wish (GOLLANCZ S.F.) Hardcover – 7 Jun. 2007

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Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. He roams the country seeking assignments, but gradually comes to realise that while some of his quarry are unremittingly vile, vicious grotesques, others are the victims of sin, evil or simple naïvety.
One reviewer said: 'This book is a sheer delight. It is beautifully written, full of vitality and endlessly inventive: its format, with half a dozen episodes and intervening rest periods for both the hero and the reader, allows for a huge range of characters, scenarios and action. It's thought-provoking without being in the least dogmatic, witty without descending to farce and packed with swordfights without being derivative. The dialogue sparkles; characters morph almost imperceptibly from semi-cliché to completely original; nothing is as it first seems. Sapkowski succeeds in seamlessly welding familiar ideas, unique settings and delicious twists of originality: his Beauty wants to rip the throat out of a sensitive Beast; his Snow White seeks vengeance on all and sundry, his elves are embittered and vindictive. It's easily one of the best things I've read in ages.'

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288 pages
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English
Publisher

Gollancz
Publication date

7 Jun. 2007
Dimensions

15.9 x 2.5 x 24 cm
ISBN-10

0575077832
ISBN-13

978-0575077836
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Publisher : Gollancz (7 Jun. 2007)
Language: : English
Hardcover : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0575077832
ISBN-13 : 978-0575077836
Dimensions : 15.9 x 2.5 x 24 cm

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Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. He roams the country seeking assignments, but gradually comes to realise that while some of his quarry are unremittingly vile, vicious grotesques, others are the victims of sin, evil or simple naivety. One reviewer said: 'This book is a sheer delight. It is beautifully written, full of vitality and endlessly inventive: its format, with half a dozen episodes and intervening rest periods for both the hero and the reader, allows for a huge range of characters, scenarios and action. It's thought-provoking without being in the least dogmatic, witty without descending to farce and packed with swordfights without being derivative. The dialogue sparkles; characters morph almost imperceptibly from semi-cliche to completely original; nothing is as it first seems.Sapkowski succeeds in seamlessly welding familiar ideas, unique settings and delicious twists of originality: his Beauty wants to rip the throat out of a sensitive Beast; his Snow White seeks vengeance on all and sundry, his elves are embittered and vindictive.

It's easily one of the best things I've read in ages.'

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clair b

WITCHER

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2015

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Fantastic. Short gritty, beautifully written, fairytale like stories that follow Geralt, The Witcher, on his travels in a world rich in old folklore.

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Zakk

excellent book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 August 2013

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very nice plot of random stories of Geralt :) it was a nice and easy reading book but the only problem is that it ended in only two days...

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handsome

MUST MUST MUST READ....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 February 2015

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Absolutely fantastic, could not put it down. If you love the Witcher world or even just love fantasy then this is a must buy, known as the 'TOLKEN' equilivant, this is beautifully written and has a more mature feel compared to the 'nambi pambi kid-ish magicki' fantasy novels that are out there. Meticulous care has been implemented within the narrative especially with each character, forcing you to actually give a s**t about them.

I have ordered every other book that has an English translation.

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M. Torres

Great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 September 2007

I read this in about 4 days, which is fast for me. It's a very good book as far as modern fantasy writing goes. All the hype about moral ambiguity is, in my opinion, deserved and is actually pulled off quite nicely. Geralt almost comes off as a fantasy version of Riddick, but more amicable. The stories are interesting and, surprisingly, there is actually more dialogue and description here than overly-drawn-out combat scenes. The translation seemed very good with only a few strange moments, but then translation is a very difficult thing to do. I certainly hope more of these are translated into English and I wonder why it took so long in the first place.

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