Mort

243 pages

English language

Published Nov. 11, 2001

ISBN:
978-0-06-102068-1
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Mort is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the fourth Discworld novel and the first to focus on the character Death, who only appeared as a side character in the previous novels. The title is the name of its main character, and is also a play on words: in French and Catalan, mort means "death". The French language edition is titled Mortimer, and the Catalan language edition is titled Morth. In the BBC's 2003 Big Read contest, viewers voted on the "Nation's Best-loved Book"; Mort was among the Top 100 and chosen as the most popular of Pratchett's novels.In 2004, Pratchett stated that Mort was the first Discworld novel with which he was "pleased", stating that in previous books, the plot had existed to support the jokes, but that in Mort, the plot was integral.

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4 stars

it is not easy to be an anthropomorphic personification...

short plot description: DEATH takes an apprentice.

my thoughts: the first of Pratchett's novels which I really liked. The first three were funny but to me nothing special but here Pratchett starts to refine his approach, still with some wrinkles which are ironed out in the later novels but it's all there: normally unrelated everyday concepts and ideas which when brought together yield interessenting results, witty puns and insightful obsevation on society and humanity in general.

my recommendation: if you don't like this book you probably don't need to bother with the rest of the series. If you like funny and smart written fiction try this one and then go and read them all.

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