Shardik / Richard Adams.

By:

Adams, Richard, 1920-2016 [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: İngilizce Publisher: New York : Avon Books, 1976Description: 620 pages : map (on lining paper) ; 18 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0380005166

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Genre/Form:

LOC classification:

PR6051.D345 S3 1976

Summary: Shardik is a fantasy of tragic character, centered on the long-awaited reincarnation of the gigantic bear Shardik and his appearance among the half-barbaric Ortelgan people. Mighty, ferocious, and unpredictable, Shardik changes the life of every person in the story. His advent commences a momentous chain of events. Kelderek the hunter, who loves and trusts the great bear, is swept on by destiny to become first devotee and then prophet, then victorious soldier, then ruler of an empire and priest-king of Lord Shardik--Messenger of God--only to discover ever-deeper layers of meaning implicit in his passionate belief in the bear's divinity.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Book	Tıp Fakültesi Medikal Kütüphane Genel Koleksiyon / Main Collection	Tıp Fakültesi Medikal Kütüphane	Genel Koleksiyon	PR6051.D345 S3 1976 TıpFaK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Ödünç Verilemez-Kurumiçi kullanım / Not for loan-For inhouse use	Donated by Prof. Dr. Şükrü Cin		TF02845

Shardik is a fantasy of tragic character, centered on the long-awaited reincarnation of the gigantic bear Shardik and his appearance among the half-barbaric Ortelgan people. Mighty, ferocious, and unpredictable, Shardik changes the life of every person in the story. His advent commences a momentous chain of events. Kelderek the hunter, who loves and trusts the great bear, is swept on by destiny to become first devotee and then prophet, then victorious soldier, then ruler of an empire and priest-king of Lord Shardik--Messenger of God--only to discover ever-deeper layers of meaning implicit in his passionate belief in the bear's divinity.

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