Asterix and the big fight - Hardcover

GOSCINNY & UDERZO

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340042389 ISBN 13: 9780340042380

Publisher: Brockhampton Press, 1971

Synopsis

When the Romans persuade a Gaulish chief to challenge Vitalstatistix to single combat, no one worries much. But then a flying menhir hits Getaflix and he no longer remembers how to make his magic potion. Can Asterix help restore Getaflix’s memory?

About this title

About the Author:

Albert Uderzo has been illustrating Asterix for 37 years, and has written the most recent titles since Goscinny's death. He enjoys racing sports cars and owns a large number of Ferraris. He was the recipient of the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest honour, for services to the arts. Asterix is a best seller in 70 languages

Review:

A cartoon drawn with such supreme artistry, and a text layered with such glorious wordplay, satire and historical and political allusion that no reader should ever feel like they've outgrown it.―TIME OUT

The Asterix books represent the very summit of our achievement as a literary race. In Asterix one finds all of human life. The fact that the books were written originally in French is no matter. I have read them all in many languages and, like all great literature, they are best in English. Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge, Asterix's translators since the very beginning, have made great books into eternal flames.―THE TIMES

About this edition

• Publisher: Brockhampton Press
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0340042389
• ISBN 13: 9780340042380
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48