Jasper Fforde Ordre des livres (chronologique)

In seinem »bisher ernüchterndsten und realistischsten Buch« (The Guardian) spielt der postmoderne Fantasy- und Bestseller-Autor Jasper Fforde alle Mechanismen von Rassismus und Xenophobie klug und unterhaltsam durch, und zwar in einer absurd-komischen Parallelwelt, die – abgesehen von vermenschlichten Kaninchen – der unseren doch erschreckend ähnelt. Das britische Dörfchen Much Hemlock, nah an der walisischen Grenze, war immer ein Hort des Friedens. Sauber. Traditionell. Die Menschen aufrecht und beflissen. Doch dann kommen sie. Mit ihrer seltsamen Religion, ihrer aggressiven veganen Agenda und viel zu vielen Kindern. Zwar geben sie sich ruhig und friedliebend, aber wer weiß, wie lange noch? »Sie« sind eine Familie vermenschlichter Ka­nin­chen – das Ergebnis eines unerklärlichen Ereignisses vor rund einem halben Jahr­hundert. Ihr Nachbar, der langjährige Dorfbewohner Peter Knox, muss sich entscheiden: Kann er Zaungast der Entwicklung bleiben und weiterhin eine ruhige Kugel bei der Rabbit Compliance Taskforce schieben oder soll er den neuen Nachbarn beistehen, denen, wie allen anderen 1,2 Millionen Kanin­chen im Ver­einigten Königreich, die Zwangsumsiedlung nach Wales droht?

As the concluding installment of the Thursday Next series, this novel brings a long-awaited resolution to the narrative threads developed over the previous books. Set in a unique literary universe, it promises to delve into themes of fiction and reality, offering fans a blend of humor, adventure, and clever storytelling. With its intricate plot and beloved characters, it aims to satisfy the expectations built over the years since the last release.

Imagine a world where your position in society depended on what bit of the colour spectrum you could see. This is the world inhabited by Eddie Russett (red, middle-level) and Jane Grey (monochromatic, lowest in society). Eddie and Jane must negotiate the delicate Chromatic politics of society to find out what the 'Something that Happened' actually was, how society got to be this way, and crucially, is there Somewhere Else beyond their borders - and if there is, could there be Someone Else, too, someone whose unseen hand has been guiding the fortunes and misfortunes of the nation for the past 500 years?It's a tale of a young couple's thirst for justice and answers in an implacably rigid society, where the prisoners are also the guards, and cages of convention bind the citizens to only one way of thinking - or suffer the consequences. . ..

The final instalment of the Last Dragonslayer Chronicles, demonstrating that with a small band of committed followers, a large tin of resolve and steely determination, almost anything can be achieved...

Jasper Fforde's fantastical new satire - what happens when a family of human-sized, human-like rabbits moves in next door?

Reading a Fforde novel feels like taking off on a magic carpet, only to be picked up by another and another and taken on new flights of fantasy . . . When the plot is thundering along, peppered with jokes, lively dialogue and silly names . . . you just sit back and enjoy the ride. Scotsman

Sixteen-year-old Jennifer Strange faces the impossible when the mighty Shandar emerges from his preserved state and presents her with a task that sends her and her companions on a journey from which they may never return.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Ex-detective Thursday Next faces her trickiest assignment yet in the seventh novel of this renowned series, “[a] bibliophile’s Wonderland” (The Plain Dealer). “It’s safe to say that if you enjoy that particularly British, Douglas Adams–style absurd delivery of wry observations, you’ll get a kick out of [The Woman Who Died a Lot].”—New York Journal of Books Thursday Next, the Bookworld’s leading enforcement officer, has been forced into semiretirement following an assassination attempt. When her former SpecOps division is reinstated, she assumes she’s the obvious choice to lead the Literary Detectives. Sadly, our banged-up heroine is no spring chicken, and her old boss has a cushier job in mind: Chief Librarian of the Swindon All-You-Can-Eat-at-Fatso’s Drink Not Included Library. But where Thursday goes, trouble follows. As the new Chief Librarian faces 100 percent budget cuts and trouble from the ever-evil Jack Schitt, the Next children face their own career hiccups—and possible nonexistence. Don’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels: THE EYRE AFFAIR • LOST IN A GOOD BOOK • THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS • SOMETHING ROTTEN • FIRST AMONG SEQUELS • ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING • THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT

Jennifer Strange 16 narrates managing wizards for absent Great Zambini of Kazam against Blix in contest to repair old bridge. Once Powerful Boo did no more magic after being kidnapped. Helped by magic carpet, mating Quarkbeasts, Transient Moose, apprentice Tiger Prawns, can Kazam win? Blix and royal advisor Tenbury conspire, cheat, jail mages after others turn to stone.

Thursday Next returns in another inventive, funny and fantastical adventure by the comic and creative genius, Jasper Fforde.

Welcome to Chromatacia, where for as long as anyone can remember society has been ruled by a Colortocracy. Social hierachy is based upon one's limited color perception. society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see, and Eddie Russett, a better-than-average red perception wants to move up.

In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g. Then the magic started fading away. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam!, an employment agency for soothsayers and sorcerers. But work is drying up. Drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and even magic carpets are reduced to pizza delivery. So it's a surprise when the visions start. Not only do they predict the death of the Last Dragon at the hands of a dragonslayer, they also point to Jennifer, and say something is coming. Big Magic . . .

Thursday Next has her hands full trying to persuade her 16-year-old son not to sleep away his future. To complicate matters the government has a dangerously high stupidity surplus and the Stiltonista Cheese Mafia are causing trouble in her hometown of Swindon

In "The Fourth Bear" by Jasper Fforde, Detective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary are on the case of missing journalist Goldy Hatchett. Their investigation leads them to the suspicious Three Bears, while a sadistic Gingerbreadman lurks in Reading. Fforde delivers a whimsical blend of detective fiction and nursery rhyme.

When D-class nursery celebrity Humpty Stuyvesant Van Dumpty III, is found shattered to death, all the evidence points to his ex-wife, who has conveniently shot herself. But Detective Inspector Jack Spratt and his assistant Mary Mary remain unconvinced.

Thursday Next, Head of JurisFiction and ex-SpecOps agent, returns to her native Swindon accompanied by a child of two, a pair of dodos and Hamlet, who is on a fact-finding mission in the real world. Thursday has been despatched to capture escaped Fictioneer Yorrick Kaine but even so, now seems as good a time as any to retrieve her husband Landen from his state of eradication at the hands of the Chronoguard. It's not going to be easy. Thursday's former colleagues at the department of Literary Detectives want her to investigate a spate of cloned Shakespeares, the Goliath Corporation are planning to switch to a new Faith based corporate management system and the Neanderthals feel she might be the Chosen One who will lead them to genetic self-determination. With help from Hamlet, her uncle and time-travelling father, Thursday faces the toughest adventure of her career. Where is the missing President-for-life George Formby? Why is it imperative for the Swindon Mallets to win the World Croquet League final? And why is it so difficult to find reliable childcare?

Exhausted by her stint as Miss Havisham's apprentice at Jurisfiction, Thursday Next is delighted by a respite in the Character Exchange Program in the Well of Lost Plots, a place filled with linguistic chaos, lousy books, and a murderer.

Thursday Next, détective littéraire et agent des OpSpecs, bénéficie d'un repas bien mérité après être rentrée dans l'intrigue du roman Jane Eyre grâce au portail de la prose et en avoir sauvé l'héroïne. Elle a aussi retrouvé l'homme de ses rêves, Landen, et comme un bonheur n'arrive jamais seul, la voilà enceinte ! Seulement, la corporation Goliath ne l'entend pas de cette oreille, et pour la contraindre à libérer le criminel qu'elle a enfermé dans un poème de Poe, le groupe tout-puissant fait éradiquer son mari de la réalité - il serait mort dans un accident de voiture à l'âge de deux ans Seule Thursday se souvient que Landen a un jour existé... Mais maintenant que le portail de la prose a disparu, la jeune femme va devoir subir un entraînement spécial à la jurifiction - la police interne des livres - avant de pouvoir reprendre ses voyages à l'intérieur des chefs-d'œuvre de la littérature.

Dans le monde de Thursday Next, la littérature fait quasiment office de religion. A tel point qu'une brigade spéciale a dû être créée pour s'occuper d'affaires aussi essentielles que traquer les plagiats, découvrir la paternité des pièces de Shakespeare ou arrêter les revendeurs de faux manuscrits. Mais quand on a un père capable de traverser le temps et un oncle à l'origine des plus folles inventions, on a parfois envie d'un peu plus d'aventure. Alors, lorsque Jane Eyre, l'héroïne du livre fétiche de Thursday, est kidnappée par Achéron Hadès, incarnation du mal en personne, la jeune détective décide de prendre les choses en main et de tout tenter pour sauver le roman de Charlotte Brontë d'une fin certaine... " Au croisement du roman policier et de l'uchronie déjantée, Jasper Fforde signe un ouvrage jubilatoire. " Le Monde des livres.