
Small Gods
Discworld: The Gods Collection
Terry Pratchett(Author)
Gollancz (Publisher)
Published on 16. January 2014
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-4732-0015-9 (ISBN)
Description
'An intriguing satire on institutionalized religion corrupted by power . . .' Independent
'Deftly weaves themes of forgiveness, belief and spiritual regeneration' The Times
In the beginning was the Word.
And the Word was: "Hey, you!"
For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love.
He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please . . .
Readers adore Small Gods:
'One of Pratchett?s best works, retelling what has happened, happens, and will happen as soon as faith goes mad, uncontrolled, and vicious, tries to expand its sphere of influence and doesn?t care about the foundations and rules, contradicting its own commandments' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'It makes you contemplate so many things. Beyond religion too. There were so many passages when I was musing "It's like this thought has sprung out of my head but it's written a hundred times better than I would have said it"' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'Pratchett creates a host of characters that represent people and our relationship with religion, done with thought and hope, a thoroughly laugh out loud experience' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'The book is never preachy (see what I did there? ;P) or boring. On the contrary, the mad romp through several hitherto unseen countries on the disc was delightful' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'Pratchett at his theological best' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'This extremely cleaver religious satire is one of the top Pratchett's work as organized religion becomes target of his wit and cynicism' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'A true delight. Also, as I finished the book, I felt my cold go away . . . hallelujah for the curative properties of wonderful books' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'Deftly weaves themes of forgiveness, belief and spiritual regeneration' The Times
In the beginning was the Word.
And the Word was: "Hey, you!"
For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love.
He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please . . .
Readers adore Small Gods:
'One of Pratchett?s best works, retelling what has happened, happens, and will happen as soon as faith goes mad, uncontrolled, and vicious, tries to expand its sphere of influence and doesn?t care about the foundations and rules, contradicting its own commandments' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'It makes you contemplate so many things. Beyond religion too. There were so many passages when I was musing "It's like this thought has sprung out of my head but it's written a hundred times better than I would have said it"' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'Pratchett creates a host of characters that represent people and our relationship with religion, done with thought and hope, a thoroughly laugh out loud experience' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'The book is never preachy (see what I did there? ;P) or boring. On the contrary, the mad romp through several hitherto unseen countries on the disc was delightful' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'Pratchett at his theological best' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'This extremely cleaver religious satire is one of the top Pratchett's work as organized religion becomes target of his wit and cynicism' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
'A true delight. Also, as I finished the book, I felt my cold go away . . . hallelujah for the curative properties of wonderful books' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?
Reviews / Votes
A sequence of unalloyed delight - GuardianHe is screamingly funny. He is wise. He has style. - Daily Telegraph
His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction. - Mail on Sunday
Pratchett has a subject and a style that is very much his own. - Sunday Times
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
398 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4732-0015-9 (9781473200159)
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Sir Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was avoiding writing any.
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