The Princess Bride
von William Goldman
What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreams? As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the "S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears. Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere. What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex. In short, it's about everything. Eventually to be adapted for the silver screen, THE PRINCESS BRIDE was originally a beautifully simple, insightfully comic story of what happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince in the world--and he turnsout to be a son of a bitch. Guaranteed to entertain both young and old alike by combining scenes of rowsing fantasy with hilarious reality, THE PRINCESS BRIDE secures Goldman's place as a master storyteller. From the Paperback edition.
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The Princess Bride
von William Goldman
What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreams? As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the "S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears. Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere. What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex. In short, it's about everything. Eventually to be adapted for the silver screen, THE PRINCESS BRIDE was originally a beautifully simple, insightfully comic story of what happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince in the world--and he turnsout to be a son of a bitch. Guaranteed to entertain both young and old alike by combining scenes of rowsing fantasy with hilarious reality, THE PRINCESS BRIDE secures Goldman's place as a master storyteller. From the Paperback edition.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(2)
Rezension von Rieke S.Ich muss sagen, dass das Buch auf seine eigene Art und Weise faszinierend ist. An die Herangehensweise, dass eine gekürzte Fassung eines Buchs von einem fiktiven Autor zugrunde liegt, welcher von einem Surrogate Autoren kommentiert wird, musste ich mich zunächst gewöhnen. Allerdings sind die Anmerkungen des Surrogate schon einigermaßen lustig und sie fügen sich angenehm zwischen die einzelnen Kapitel ein. Außerdem scheint die Handlung sich zwar an typischen Tropes lang zu hangeln (die 'tragische' Romanze zwischen Westley & Buttercup und die Rache als Motivation von Inigo), jedoch kommen einige tiefgründigere Themen auf, wie der Alkoholismus von Inigo und die Ausgrenzung von Fezzik aus Gründen des 'Andersseins'. Insgesamt ist das Buch empfehlenswert, da es wirklich spannende Passagen hat und der Inhalt stilistisch nett verpackt ist.
Rezension von Rohit Nair"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Both the book and the movie are a treasure.