Dosarele lui Dresden 1 – Storm Front

Muffin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:38:50 +0000

Ia-l pe Bruce Willis in Die Hard, da-i o bagheta magica, o zana pe post de nasa, si un bagaj de glume nesimtite, si il vei avea pe Harry Dresden. De fapt, ia un detectiv din filmele noir, cu problemele sale, cu biroul sau micut si prafuit, cu facturile care se tot aduna, cu femeile fatale, cu femeile inocente, cu adversarii sai plini de resurse, si pune-l sa se imparta intre lumea de zi cu zi si cea a magiei.
Storm Front e primul volum al seriei The Dresden Files, si nu are nimic in comun cu introducerile blande: prima pagina ti-l prezinta pe Harry, iti explica de ce e vrajitor, ce inseamna magia, cum e sa fii vrajitor in secolul 21 si la ce glume te expui, apoi sari direct in actiune. Violenta, crime abominabile, interlopi, politisti buni cu bete in roate puse de catre legi, zane, vrajitori, consilii de vrajitori, si multe altele. Cea mai socanta chestie, din punctul meu de vedere, e faptul ca Jim Butcher reuseste sa creeze personaje credibile, de care te poti atasa, si sa le aranjeze intr-un complot incredibil: mai multe rasturnari de situatii, si momente in care protagonistul e pe punctul de a fi ucis nu o sa vezi nici in filmele de la Hollywood.

Cartea a fost scrisa de Butcher intr-un workshop pentru scriitori, unde i s-a dat tema de a crea un roman cu personaje din secolul 21, implicate in magie. In loc sa se apuce sa faca inca o poveste siropoasa cu Wicca si paganism, Butcher a furat pur si simplu un roman clasic cu detectivi, in care a adaugat lumea magiei, si culmea! Chiar a reusit. El insusi a declarat ca este pasionat de high fantasy, de lumi a la Tolkien, si ca a scris o multime de carti stufoase in acest stil, care erau…mizerabile. Storm Front nu i s-a parut un proiect interesant, dar l-a facut fiindca trebuia, iar a doua carte a fost scrisa la fel- pentru semestrul 2 al cursului. Asa s-au nascut The Dresden Files.
Daca vrei sa-l vezi pe Harry direct in actiune, ai putea sa incerci si serialul difuzat pe AXN SciFi care se bazeaza pe carti (dar e adaptat ceva mai liberal).

Note:

10 pentru poveste si ritmul actiunii, desi cei care isi doresc un roman total nou ar trebui sa ignore aceasta carte – in esenta e doar un film noir in care apar elemente fantasy.
10 pentru personaje – daca iti place umorul negru, si daca esti fanul glumelor extrem de rasuflate, si a oamenilor care intra in necaz din cauza gurii prea mari, o sa te indragostesti de Harry. Celelalte personaje nu sunt doar figuri in multime, ci oameni/cranii/zane cu personalitati bine definite, iar pe parcursul seriei vei ajunge sa ai impresia ca le cunosti de o viata.

Citate:

~Paranoid? Probably. But just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean there isn’t an invisible demon about to eat your face.

~Harry, what you know about women, I could juggle.

~My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I’m a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown Chicago . As far as I know, I’m the only openly practicing professional wizard in the country. You can find me in the yellow pages, under “Wizards.” Believe it or not, I’m the only one there.

~I was eyeing the pile of unread books, considering which to start next, given that I had no real work to do, when my phone rang. I stared at it in a somewhat surly fashion. We wizards are terrific at brooding. After the third ring, when I thought I wouldn’t sound a little too eager, I picked up the receiver and said, ‘Dresden.’

~‘Oh. Is this, um, Harry Dresden? The, ah, wizard?’ Her tone was apologetic, as though she were terribly afraid she would be insulting me. No, I thought. It’s Harry Dresden the, ah, lizard. Harry the wizard is one door down. It is the prerogative of wizards to be grumpy. It is not, however, the prerogative of freelance consultants who are late on their rent, so instead of saying something smart, I told the woman on the phone, ‘Yes, ma’am. How can I help you today?’ “

~Bob the Skull grumbled something in Old French, I think, though I got lost when he got to the anatomical improbabilities of bullfrogs. He yawned, and his bony teeth rattled when his mouth clicked closed again.

~I had never even heard of a spirit with Bob’s experience, and I was lucky to have him. That didn’t mean I didn’t want to crack that skull of his from time to time, though.

~‘Bob,’ I said, ‘you’re a skull . You don’t have any masculinity to insult.’

~”Oh yeah?’ Bob challenged me. ‘Pot kettle black, Harry! Have you gotten a date yet? Huh? Most men have something better to do in the middle of the night than play with their chemistry sets.’

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Dosarele lui Dresden 1 – Storm Front