Das Silmarillion: . Gebundene Ausgabe – Sonderausgabe, 18. März 2021

Produktbeschreibungen Pressestimmen ‘How, given little over half a century of work, did one man become the creative equivalent of a people?’ The Guardian ‘Demanding to be compared with English mythologies… at times rises to the greatness of true myth’ Financial Times ‘A creation of singular beauty… magnificent in its best moments’ Washington Post ‘A grim, tragic, brooding and beautiful book, shot through with heroism and hope… its power is almost that of mysticism’ Toronto Globe & Mail Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. Ted Nasmith is a freelance illustrator living just outside Toronto, Canada, with his wife Donna and three children. The works of Tolkien have had a profound effect on him and he has enjoyed the challenge of interpreting the characters and world of Tolkien for over twenty years. He has produced several Tolkien Calendars and recently illustrated ‘The Silmarillion’. Christopher Tolkien, born on 24 November 1924, was the third son of J.R.R. Tolkien. As his father’s literary executor, he devoted over forty years to the publication of his father’s unpublished works, from The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin, and within 'The History of Middle-earth' series, and was awarded the Bodley Medal for his services to literature in 2016. He died in January 2020 at the age of 95. Produktinformation Herausgeber ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; Illustrated Deluxe edition (18. März 2021) Sprache ‏ : ‎ Englisch Gebundene Ausgabe ‏ : ‎ 480 Seiten ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 000843395X ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0008433956 Abmessungen ‏ : ‎ 28.8 x 6.4 x 16.3 cm Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 648.994 in Bücher