This novel is one in which the core logic of his Constructed World, The Discworld, is examined, asking what is life on The Discworld, and what is death? “Death” as protagonist Bill Door. Reaper Man is part of the Death Series, others being Mort and Soul Music.
Pratchett solves the problem of writing appealingly about death by making death one of the most popular and fantastical characters in his Discworld novels – “Death”, a.k.a. In Terry Pratchett’s Reaper Man, death is the subject, the protagonist, and a major theme. The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Reaper Man is the second book in the Death series.Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchett (Corgi, New Ed edition, )ĭeath is a difficult subject to write about, but particularly when it is not coincidental but core to a book’s theme or plot. To get the fresh start he deserves, Windle and the rest of Ankh-Morpork's undead and underemployed set off to find Death and save the world for the living(and everybody else, of course). The oldest geezer in the entire faculty of Unseen University-home of magic, wizardry, and big dinners-Windle was looking forward to a wonderful afterlife, not this boring been-there-done-that routine. Now Death is having the time of his life, finding greener pastures where he can put his scythe to a whole new use.īut like every cutback in an important public service, Death's demise soon leads to chaos and unrest-literally, for those whose time was supposed to be up, like Windle Poons. Of course, the last thing anyone needs is a squeamish Grim Reaper and soon his Discworld bosses have sent him off with best wishes and a well-earned gold watch.
But that was before Death started pondering the existential. They say there are only two things you can count on. The eleventh installment in the Discworld fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Terry Pratchett nothing short of magical." -Chicago Tribune
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