Nation - Softcover

Terry Pratchett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 055216237X ISBN 13: 9780552162371

Publisher: Corgi Books, 2012

Synopsis

When a giant wave destroys his entire Nation - his family and everyone he has ever known - Mau finds himself totally alone. Until he meets Daphne, daughter of a colonial Governor and the sole survivor from a shipwreck. They have no common language, no common culture - but together they discover some remarkable things - like how to milk a pig and why spitting in beer is a good idea - and must try and forge a new kind of Nation. Then other survivors arrive to take refuge on the island, and not all of them are friendly... In Nation Pratchett brings us a novel that is both witty and wise, encompassing themes of death and nationhood, while also being extremely funny.

About this title

About the Author

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. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.

From the Back Cover

On the day the world ends and all the rules that govern everyday life simply vanish . . .

. . . Mau is on his way home from the Boys' Island. Soon he will be a man.

Then the wave comes - a huge wave, dragging black night behind it and bringing a schooner, the Sweet Judy, which sails over and into the island rainforest. The Nation as it was has gone. Now there's just Mau, who wears barely anything, a trouserman girl who wears far too much and an awful lot of cross-cultural misunderstandings . . .

THE INTERNATIONAL AWARD-WINNING NOVEL FROM TERRY PRATCHETT, AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING DISCWORLD® SERIES

'[A] masterpiece . . . A searching exploration of good and evil, fate and free will, both as broad and as deep as anything this brilliant author has produced so far' Kirkus

'Pratchett at his most philosophical, with characters and situations sprung from ideas and games with language' The Times

'By turns harrowing and triumphant . . . both a high-spirited yarn and a subtle examination of the risks and virtues of faith' New York Times

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Edition details

• Publisher: Corgi Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 055216237X
• ISBN 13: 9780552162371
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432