Asterix and Cleopatra (Adventures of Asterix) - Softcover

Goscinny, Rene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0917201752 ISBN 13: 9780917201752

Publisher: Distribooks Inc, 1995

Synopsis

Gaul was divided into three parts. No, four parts - for one small village of indomitable Gauls still held out against the Roman invaders.

BOOK 6

Getafix, Obelix, Dogmatix and Asterix visit Egypt to help an architect build a palace for Caesar. There they are entranced by the Sphinx, the pyramids and Cleopatra's nose.

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Review:

A cartoon drawn with such supreme artistry, and a text layered with such glorious wordplay, satire and historical and political allusion that no reader should ever feel like they've outgrown it.--TIME OUT

The Asterix books represent the very summit of our achievement as a literary race. In Asterix one finds all of human life. The fact that the books were written originally in French is no matter. I have read them all in many languages and, like all great literature, they are best in English. Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge, Asterix's translators since the very beginning, have made great books into eternal flames.--THE TIMES

Book Description:

THE RETURN OF ASTERIX, THE WORLD'S FIRST SUPERHERO:

About this edition

• Publisher: Distribooks Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0917201752
• ISBN 13: 9780917201752
• Binding: Paperback