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The Rogue Crew de Brian Jacques

The Rogue Crew

Autor Brian Jacques
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 sep 2021

Descoperim în The Rogue Crew o experiență ideală pentru tinerii cititori și adulții nostalgici care caută o epopee fantasy clasică, unde liniile dintre bine și rău sunt trasate cu precizie, iar eroismul nu cunoaște limite de statură. Această lucrare finală a regretatului Brian Jacques se adresează celor care savurează construcțiile de lume detaliate, populate de animale antropomorfizate cu ierarhii sociale și tradiții militare complexe.

Observăm aici un element tehnologic fascinant care ridică miza conflictului: Greenshroud, nava amfibie a tiranului Razzid Wearat. Această mașinărie dotată cu roți, capabilă să „navigheze” prin desișul pădurii Mossflower, transformă siguranța malurilor în vulnerabilitate. Dacă Marlfox v-a captivat prin misterul și viclenia unor antagoniști care furau relicve sacre, această carte extinde experiența în direcția unui război total de asediu, unde inovația brutală a inamicului obligă Abația să caute aliați externi. Subliniem dinamica dintre disciplina militară a iepurilor din Long Patrol și spiritul liber, aproape piratesc, al vidrelor din Rogue Crew, o fuziune de forțe ce amintește de spiritul mercenar din Rakkety Tam.

În contextul operei sale, The Rogue Crew acționează ca o sumă a tuturor elementelor care au consacrat seria Redwall. Dacă în Taggerung autorul explora rebeliunea împotriva destinului, aici se concentrează pe datoria colectivă de a proteja căminul. Ritmul este cel al unui marș militar întrerupt de momente de ospăț specifice stilului lui Brian Jacques, culminând cu o bătălie care onorează moștenirea lui Martin Războinicul. Este o încheiere demnă de o saga care a definit genul fantasy pentru mai multe generații.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241525586
ISBN-10: 0241525586
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: PUFFIN

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte oricărui pasionat de aventuri maritime și bătălii epice la scară mică. Cititorul câștigă o lecție despre importanța colaborării între culturi diferite — iepuri și vidre — pentru a învinge o amenințare comună. Este motivul perfect pentru a vizita ultima dată Abația Redwall, beneficiind de un sistem de luptă ingenios și de un antagonist memorabil care sfidează barierele naturale cu nava sa hibridă.

Despre autor

James Brian Jacques (1939–2011) a fost un scriitor englez de o popularitate imensă, faimos pentru crearea universului Redwall și a seriei „Castaways of the Flying Dutchman”. Fost marinar și prezentator radio, Jacques și-a început cariera scriind povești pentru copiii de la o școală pentru nevăzători, aspect care explică stilul său descriptiv extrem de bogat și senzorial. De-a lungul celor 22 de romane din seria principală, el a construit un mit modern în care valorile cavalerești sunt transpuse în lumea micilor viețuitoare ale pădurii, devenind un reper al literaturii beletristice pentru copii și tineret.

Descriere scurtă

Redwall Abbey has never seen a creature more evil or more hideous than Razzid Wearat. Captain of the Greenshroud, a ship with wheels that can sail through water as well as the forest, this beast is a terror of both land and sea, traveling Mossflower Country, killing nearly everything-and everyone- in his path. And his goal? To conquer Redwall Abbey.

From Salamandastron to the High North Coast, the brave hares of the Long Patrol team up with the fearless sea otters of the Rogue Crew to form a pack so tough, so rough, only they can defend the abbey and defeat Razzid Wearat once and for all.

Recenzii

"For satisfying swashbuckling, this Redwall saga delivers, with a ride-into-the-sunset conclusion."--The Horn Book

 "All of the late Jacques’ signature elements are here . . . Readers will savor this last, wonderful adventure, in which, once again, justice and Redwall prevail. It is with great sadness that we all raise a mug of Nut Brown Ale to a master storyteller who has left us too soon."--Booklist
"The multi-stranded plot demands attentive reading . . . an immersive experience."--Kirkus Reviews

Notă biografică

"I sometimes think it ironic for an ex-seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, etc., to find success writing children's novels," says Brian Jacques (pronounced "Jakes"). Yet it is all too true. With the publication of his first children's book in 1987, the award-winning Redwall, Jacques' fresh talent has received exceptional praise from reviewers in the United States and England. Newbery Award winner Lloyd Alexander called it "a fine work, literate, witty, filled with the excitement of genuine storytelling. Young people will surely be captivated. I hope they give their elders a chance to share the delights." A well-known radio personality in his native Liverpool--as well as an actor, stand-up comic, and playwright--Brian Jacques is the host of "Jakestown" on BBC Radio Merseyside. Ever the performer, Jacques is well-known for applying his acting and entertainment background to his lively presentations to legions of young fans at schools across the United States and England.
Brian Jacques was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. Along with forty percent of the population of Liverpool, his ancestral roots are in Ireland, County Cork to be exact.
He grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks. His interest in adventure stories began at an early age with reading the books of: Daniel Defoe, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Thomas Malory, Robert Michael Ballantyne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Kenneth Grahame. He attended St. John's School, an inner city school that had its playground on the roof. On his first day at St. John's, at the age of ten, he had an experience that marked his potential as a writer. When given an assignment of writing a story about animals, he wrote about the bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The teacher could not, and would not, believe that a ten year old could write that well. When young Brian refused to falsely say that he had copied the story, he was caned as "a liar". He had always loved to write, but it was only then, that he realized that he had a talent for writing.
Some teachers at St. John's proved to be good role models. As Mr. Jacques recalls:
"My favourite teacher was Mr. Austin Thomas. He looked like Lee Marvin. Big Man. A Captain in World War II. He came to school on a big bush bike with the haversack on back. He was a man's man. Always fair. I was fourteen at the time when Mr. Thomas introduced the class to poetry and Greek literature. (Because of him, I saved seven shillings and sixpence to buy The Iliad and The Odyssey at this dusty used book shop.)"
This interest in poetry extended to Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Goldsmith. It was also at St. John's that Brian met a teacher, Alan Durband (who also taught two Beatles, Paul McCartney and George Harrison), who, more than thirty years later would bring about a major change in his life.
After Brian finished school at fifteen, he set out to find adventure as a merchant seaman. He travelled to many far away ports, including New York, Valparaiso, San Francisco, and Yokohama. Tiring of the lonely life of a sailor, he returned to Liverpool where he worked as a railway fireman, a longshoreman, a long-distance truck driver, a bus driver, a boxer, a bobby (Police Constable 216D), a postmaster, and a stand-up comic.
Penguin mourns the passing of celebrated children’s book author Brian Jacques