Asterix: Asterix Omnibus 6
asterix in switzerland, the mansions of the gods, asterix and the laurel wreath
$37.14
- Paperback
156 pages
- Release Date
12 August 2013
Summary
Asterix Omnibus 6: A Gaulish Collection
This special collectors’ edition features books 16 to 18 in one fabulous volume.
In ASTERIX IN SWITZERLAND, a poisoning means Asterix and Obelix must go to Helvetia for an antidote. Can they overcome cuckoo hourglasses, yodelling and holes in the cheese?
A housing estate lies at the heart of Caesar’s new plan to crush the Gauls in THE MANSIONS OF THE GODS. Will the villagers be tempted by the chance to make money when the Roman…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444004915 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444004913 |
| Series: | Asterix |
| Author: | Albert Uderzo, René Goscinny |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orion Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 156 |
| Release Date: | 12 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 288mm x 216mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
“Wit, humane insights, and physical antics allow readers to join the fun … has cross-generational appeal.”– Booklist
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 OUTThe 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
About The Author
Albert Uderzo
Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977.
Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne, France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 their most famous creation, Asterix, made his first appearance on page 20 of PILOTE. ASTERIX THE GAUL, their first album, was published in 1961 and there have now been 34 Asterix albums.
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