Richard Adams

Edición 50 aniversario de un clásico de la literatura contemporánea. Quinto, un joven y apacible conejo, sufre unas visiones aterradoras sobre el futuro de su madriguera. Convertido en líder, Quinto y sus inseparables compañeros deciden abandonar cuanto conocen para fundar otro hogar. El viaje para encontrar un buen asentamiento donde empezar una nueva vida, asi como las aventuras ligadas a los instintos de supervivencia de estos conejos, seran el eje de esta inolvidable historia. Nacida originalmente de un improvisado relato que Richard Adams conto a sus sobrinos, esta novela tiene el tono de una narracion epica antigua, pero tambien encierra una aguda critica de las relaciones de poder, un alegato ecologico de extraordinaria eficacia y una reflexion profunda y serena acerca de la dureza de la vida. La colina de Watership es un clasico de la literatura contemporanea traducido a mas de veinte idiomas. Esta historia bellisimamente escrita e intensamente conmovedora es la obra de una imaginacion extraordinaria. Sunday Telegraph

From the author of Watership Downcomes an enchanting picture book about the adventures of a mischievous homemade dragon.Whatever youve lost, Egg Box Dragon will find it. Hes retrieved missing footballs, glasses and watches aplenty. Hes so expert at cracking mysteries that the Queen herself requests his services. Will Egg Box Dragon find the missing diamond from the Queens crown?Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, was awarded both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award for childrens fiction. A new mini series of Watership Down will premiere Christmas 2018 on BBC1 and launch globally on Netflix Spring 2019, featuring the voices of Olivia Colman and Freddie Fox, amongst others.Author-illustrator Alex T. Smith is the award-winning creator of the Claude series, now a TV show on Disney Junior.

La colina de Watership (Watership Down) es un gran clásico de la literatura contemporánea, traducido a veinte idiomas. Nacida originariamente de un improvisado relato que el autor hizo a sus sobrinos durante un largo viaje en coche, la obra, pese a estar

Cest parfois dans les collines verdoyantes et idylliques que se terrent les plus terrifiantes menaces. C’est là aussi que va se dérouler cette vibrante épopée de courage, de loyauté et de survie. Men

A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over forty years, Richard Adams' spellbinding classic Watership Down is one of the best-loved novels of all time, and resonates just as vividly today as it did nearly half a century ago.With a new four-part BBC adaptation planned for Christmas 2018, in collaboration with Netflix and voiced by stars including John Boyega, Rosamund Pike, Olivia Colman and James McAvoy, this beautiful new heritage edition will be treasured by children for years to come. Design features of this classic edition include gold foil, head and tail bands and a beautiful gold ribbon, making this the ideal gift for Christmas and beyond.

Tales from Watership Down is the enchanting sequel to Richard Adams's bestselling classic Watership Down, which won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.Adams returns to the vivid and distinctive world he created in that enduring work, reacquainting readers with the characters we know and love, including Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Dandelion and the legendary rabbit hero El-ahrairah. These compelling tales include all-new adventures, with the younger generation of rabbits eager to find out about the heroic age that existed before they were born.Enchanting us once again with stories of courage and survival, the millions of readers who enjoyed Watership Down now have the chance to re-enter this unique and spell-binding world.

Cuentos de la colina de Watership (Tales from Watership Down, 1996), es todo un acontecimiento. Al filo de los veinticinco años de la publicación de La colina de Watership, clásico de la narrativa moderna, su autor se enfrenta al dificil reto, evitado hasta la fecha, de hacer revivir los personajes de aquella novela y narrarnos ignorados percances, aludidos ya en La colina de Watership, y nuevas aventuras o mitos de este mundo peculiar, en los que, respecto a la entrega anterior, se define de modo nitido la individualidad femenina de la fauna conejil. Este libro es, en todos los aspectos, un digno sucesor de La colina de Watership. Convincente, conmovedor y ameno, llevara de nuevo a los lectores entusiastas a la colina de greda, hogar del habil Avellano y sus amigos. Un alegre complemento de la novela original (The New York Times Book Review).

A group of rabbits reluctantly abandon their home warren when one of them, Fiver, who has second sight, predicts a terrible disaster. Many exciting, often terrifying adventures follow as the resourceful band, led by Hazel, embark on their epic journey in search of a new home.

Watership Down by Richard Adams is a true classic. This stirring tale of courage and survival against the odds has become one of the best-loved animal adventures of all time.Weve got to go away before its too late.Fiver was only a small rabbit, but he had a sixth sense and foresaw that disaster was about to destroy the warren. Few believed him. Led by his brother Hazel, a small band of rabbits set out on a perilous journey to find a safe home. Fivers intuition finally leads them to Watership Down. But here they encounter the greatest threat of all.***Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Childrens Fiction Prize***A gripping story of rebellion in a rabbit warren and the subsequent adventures of the rebels. Adams has a poetic eye and a gift for storytelling which will speak to readers of all ages for many years to comeSunday TimesA masterpiece. The best story about wild animals since The Wind in the Willows. Very funny, exciting, often movingEvening StandardA great book. A whole world is created, perfectly real in itself, yet constituting a deep incidental comment on human affairsGuardianRichard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Service. He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters and they insisted he publish it as a book. It quickly became a huge success with both children and adults, and won the Guardian Childrens Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal in 1972. Richard Adams has written many novels and short stories, including Shardik and The Plague Dogs.