La Huitieme Fille

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224 pages

French language

Published April 8, 1987

ISBN:
978-2-266-11151-5
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5 stars (2 reviews)

Equal Rites is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the third novel in the Discworld series and the first in which the main character is not Rincewind. The title is wordplay on the phrase "Equal Rights". The novel introduces the character of Granny Weatherwax, who reappears in several later Discworld novels. The protagonist Eskarina Smith does not return until I Shall Wear Midnight, which was published 23 years later. Pratchett based the character Esk on his daughter Rhianna Pratchett.

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reviewed Ritos iguales by Terry Pratchett (Mundodisco, #3)

Ritos Iguales

4 stars

Es un libro fácil de leer, ingenioso y entretenido.

Tiene una lectura crítica sobre los roles de género, una crítica bastante básica pero que se podría ajustar al contexto de Terry Pratchett.

Me gusta cómo ridiculiza los roles de género a lo largo del libro y cómo los pone en evidencia de forma bastante graciosa. Por otro lado, se podría entender a Esk como la personificación de quien no ha sido aún contaminade por este pensamiento binario y arbitrario, que simplemente no lo entiende por lo que sigue sus deseos sin estar atada al binarismo. Es bonito ver cómo Yaya Ceravieja va aprendiendo y cómo se cuestiona a través de Esk las ideas preconcebidas sobre cómo son las cosas.

No le doy 5 estrellas por alguna frase machista o racista fuera de lugar, aunque nada que ver con los libros anteriores de la saga de Mundodisco, "El color de la …

reviewed Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

Fantastic - Sir Terry really finding his style. Finally we meet Granny Weatherwax!

5 stars

Fantastic. Loved this one.

I think it's the third one in the Discworld series, chronologically, but it's the first one where I feel Sir Terry's true style became apparent.

In this novel, we meet for the first time Granny Weatherwax - probably my favourite Discworld character. Yes, there are many fantastic characters, but Granny Weatherwax always occupies a soft spot for me.

We learn about Borrowing, and how Granny can't Borrow bees; we encounter Headology - how people will believe certain things and words can prod them in the right direction.

The story itself is great - about a young girl, supposed to have been the eighth son of an eighth son - and therefore a wizard - she was in fact born a girl. So she inherits wizard magic in her genes, yet her genes do not match her physical appearance nor the way society treats her as a …