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WINNER OF THE 2023 LOCUS AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTIONFINALIST FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST RELATED WORKSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION'Always readable, illuminating and honest. It made me miss the real Terry.' - Neil Gaiman'Sometimes joyfully, sometimes painfully, intimate . . . it is wonderful to have this closeup picture of the writer's working life.' - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Observer--------At the time of his death in 2015, award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett was working on his finest story yet - his own.The creator of the phenomenally bestselling Discworld series, Terry Pratchett was known and loved around the world for his hugely popular books, his smart satirical humour and the humanity of his campaign work. But that's only part of the picture.Before his untimely death, Terry was writing a memoir: the story of a boy who aged six was told by his teacher that he would never amount to anything and spent the rest of his life proving him wrong. For Terry lived a life full of astonishing achievements: becoming one of the UK's bestselling and most beloved writers, winning the prestigious Carnegie Medal and being awarded a knighthood.Now, the book Terry sadly couldn't finish has been written by Rob Wilkins, his former assistant, friend and now head of the Pratchett literary estate. Drawing on his own extensive memories, along with those of the author's family, friends and colleagues, Rob unveils the full picture of Terry's life - from childhood to his astonishing writing career, and how he met and coped with what he called the 'Embuggerance' of Alzheimer's disease.A deeply moving and personal portrait of the extraordinary life of Sir Terry Pratchett, written with unparalleled insight and filled with funny anecdotes, this is the only official biography of one of our finest authors.--------'Spins magic from mundanity in precisely the way Pratchett himself did.' - Telegraph'As frank, funny and unsentimental as anything its subject might have produced himself.' - Mail on Sunday

Lauret premij "Lokus", "Khjugo" i premii Britanskoj Assotsiatsii Nauchnoj fantastiki. Finalist Britanskoj premii fentezi. Terri Pratchett - pisatel s mezhdunarodnoj slavoj, sozdatel fenomenalnogo tsikla "Ploskij mir", romana "Blagie Znamenija" i rjada drugikh knig. Pered svoej smertju Terri pisal memuary: istoriju shestiletnego malchika, kotoromu uchitel predskazal otsutstvie uspekhov, no tot reshil dokazat obratnoe. V itoge Pratchett prozhil zhizn, polnuju udivitelnykh dostizhenij: on stal odnim iz samykh populjarnykh i ljubimykh pisatelej Velikobritanii, poluchil prestizhnuju medal Karnegi i byl udostoen rytsarskogo zvanija za literaturnye zaslugi. Memuary, kotorye Terri, k sozhaleniju, ne smog zakonchit, dopisal Rob Uilkins, ego pomoschnik, drug, a nyne upravljajuschij literaturnym naslediem Pratchetta naravne vmeste s ego docherju Riannoj. Opirajas na sobstvennuju pamjat, vospominanija semi, druzej i kolleg pisatelja, Rob raskryvaet polnuju kartinu zhizni Terri - ot detstva do zakata ego potrjasajuschej pisatelskoj karery, a takzhe rasskazyvaet o tom, kak on vstretil izvestie o bolezni Altsgejmera i nachal s nej otchajannuju borbu. Pered vami edinstvennaja ofitsialnaja biografija odnogo iz velichajshikh avtorov sovremennosti - gluboko trogatelnyj i lichnyj portret udivitelnoj zhizni, zapechatlennyj s neprevzojdennoj pronitsatelnostju i napolnennyj zabavnymi istorijami iz zhizni. "Iz vsekh umershikh avtorov v mire Terri Pratchett - samyj zhivoj". - Dzhon Llojd "Legko chitaemaja, pouchitelnaja i chestnaja kniga. Ona zastavila menja skuchat po nastojaschemu Terri". - Nil Gejman "Inogda veselo, inogda boleznenno i sokrovenno... zamechatelno uvidet takuju kartinu rabochej zhizni pisatelja krupnym planom". - Frenk Kottrell-Bojs "Iz obydennosti sozdaetsja volshebstvo - v tochnosti tak, kak eto delal sam Pratchett". - Telegraph "Takaja zhe otkrovennaja, smeshnaja i lishennaja sentimentalnosti istorija, kak i vse te, chto pisal sam Terri". - Mail on Sunday "Nikto, krome zheny Pratchetta, Lin, i docheri, Rianny, ne znal pisatelja tak khorosho, kak Uilkins. U menja vystupili slezy na poslednikh 20 stranitsakh, gde velikolepno pokazany poslednie dni Terri - odnovremenno chuvstvitelno i bespristrastno". - The Times "Milaja, zabavnaja i peredajuschaja idealnoe oschuschenie togo, kak Pratchett sumel vzjat vospominanija svoego detstva v rabochem klasse 1950-kh godov... i prevratit ikh vo vselennuju, bezgranichno bogatuju i izobretatelnuju". - Mail on Sunday "Druzhba i privjazannost mezhdu etimi ljudmi chuvstvuetsja na kazhdoj stranitse. Konechno, poklonniki Pratchetta budut v vostorge ot etoj knigi... i dazhe sluchajnye chitateli poluchat udovolstvie ot rasskazov pro ego unikalnye pristrastija". - Independent "Biografija, pochti takaja zhe zabavnaja i pronitsatelnaja, kak ljuboj iz romanov Terri. Bogatyj, ochen trogatelnyj portret unikalnoj lichnosti. Prijatno videt, kak etot avtor vozvraschaetsja k zhizni, khot i v tekhnicheskom plane, v etom uvlekatelnom i ochen trogatelnom proizvedenii". - Daily Express "Trogatelnyj i ostroumnyj rasskaz o volshebnom ume Pratchetta i ego bolezni Altsgejmera, napisannyj chelovekom, kotoryj znal ego luchshe vsekh". - The Sunday Times "Uilkins imeet bolshoe preimuschestvo pered drugimi biografami: on ne tolko khorosho znal svoego podopechnogo, no i delal zametki dlja predpolagaemykh memuarov esche pri ego zhizni. V rezultate rasskaz poroj napominaet vystuplenie chrevoveschatelja, no pri etom golos i lichnost Pratchetta zvuchat gromko i otchetlivo". - The Herald "Eto odnovremenno i bolshe, i menshe, chem obychnaja biografija. Polnaja ozarenij i otkrovenij, vo mnogom imenno takaja, kakuju Pratchett mog by napisat o sebe, gordjas tem, chto bylo sdelano i chestnyj v otnoshenii protsessa. Istorija, napisannaja s umom i sostradaniem". - Kristofer Prist "Dovel menja do slez kak ot smekha, tak i ot serdechnoj boli". - Daily Mirror "Zhivaja i nezhnaja, zdes net ni kritiki, ni podkhalimstva. Pratchett pokazan zdes blestjaschim i schedrym, no v to zhe vremja jazvitelnym i s bezzhalostnym chuvstvom jumora". - i News "Potrjasajuschee dopolnenie ko vsem knigam samogo Pratchetta". - SFX "Neudivitelno, chto bolshe vsego v etoj knige ljubjat jumornye rasskazy iz zhizni, zabavnye ili mrachnye, a inogda i to, i drugoe odnovremenno. Ona peredaet dukh pisatelstva Pratchetta, rasskazyvaja surovye istiny cherez prijatnyj dlja chtenija slog i vyzyvaja poocheredno jarost, smekh i grust". - The Sydney Morning Herald "Ispolzovanie pervoistochnikov ochen effektivno peredaet tochku zrenija samogo Pratchetta na mnogie aspekty ego zhizni i karery, a dopolnenija Uilkinsa i tschatelnaja proverka faktov delajut biografiju legkoj dlja chtenija i ochen prijatnoj". - The AU Review "Uilkins - vernyj i tochnyj dokumentalist zhizni Pratchetta... Trogatelnyj i chuvstvitelnyj". - Canberra Times

"Siia tuleb geniaalne koht" - sellise juhtnööri pani Terry Pratchett oma raamatu "Johnny ja pomm" esimesse mustandisse. Aastate peale kogunes geniaalseid kohti tema raamatutes nii palju, et ei jõua kokku lugeda.Kuidas jõudis lendavate katusekividega majast pärit poiss miljonite lugejate südamesse; kui keerulise logistika abil püüdis ta võita oma tulevase kaasa kätt; mis ühendab mesindust, menukirjanikke ja põrguingleid - seda kõike ja palju muud võibki lugeda sellest raamatust.Ühe maailma armastatuma ja müüduma kirjaniku Terry Pratchetti eluloo, kus leidub rohkelt katkeid Terry pooleli jäänud autobiograafiast, on soojalt ja humoorikalt pannud kirja tema kauaaegne assistent ja sõber Rob Wilkins."Teeb igapäevasest imelise, täpselt nii, nagu tegi Pratchett ise."- The Telegraph"Valgustav ja aus. Pani igatsema päris Terry järele." - Neil Gaiman"Südantlõhestav ja naljakas ... Imeline, et meil on selline lähivaade selle kirjaniku tööelule." - Observer