Asterix the Gaul - Goscinny

Asterix the Gaul - Goscinny

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Full bibliographic data for Asterix the Gaul

Title

Asterix the Gaul

Authors and contributors

By (author) Goscinny, By (author) Uderzo

Physical properties

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
Width: 218 mm
Height: 287 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 230 g

Audience

Children/juvenile

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9780752866055
ISBN 10: 0752866052

Classifications

Dewey:741.5
LCification:NC1499.U3
Nielsen BookScan Product Class:Y2.3
BISAC category code:JUV016020
BISAC category code:CGN004000
BISAC category code:CGN000000
BISAC category code:JUV008000
BISAC category code:JUV019000
Dewey:FIC

Edition statement

Revised ed.

Illustrations note

48

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Imprint name

Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

Publication date

21 April 2005

Publication City/Country

London/GB

Biographical note

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.

Promotional headline

The first album chronicling the much-loved adventures of Asterix and friends.

Description for sales people

Asterix has been translated into 107 languages and dialects.

Review quote

As for the English adaptations of Asterix, they represent a real triumph of the translator's art. Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge have finessed every allusion and tweaked every joke, so that their cascading English verbal wit seems to come straight from the heart of the original books -- Boyd Tonkin THE INDEPENDENT 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...It is absurd that these wonderful books were ever out of print, and it's great to have them back -- Andrew Mueller TIME OUT If you're new to the indomitable Gauls, our favourite is Asterix in Britain, for its wry wit lampooning the Brits IRELAND ON SUNDAY There are plenty of Latin quips and snippets of Roman history, but enough low puns to make the stories as enjoyable as ever EVENING STANDARD

Main description

When Roman Centurion Crismus Bonus finds out about Getafix¿¿¿s magic potion, he kidnaps the druid to force him to reveal the recipe. So Asterix joins his friend in captivity and together they two plan to whip up a surprise with truly hair-raising effects.