He also won the Spanish Ignotus Award, best anthology, for The Last Wish in 2003, and for "Muzykanci" (The Musicians), best foreign short story, same year. Sapkowski has won five Zajdel Awards, including three for short stories "Mniejsze zło" (Lesser Evil) (1990), "Miecz przeznaczenia" (Sword of Destiny) (1992) and "W leju po bombie" (In a Bomb Crater) (1993), and two for the novels "Krew elfów" (Blood of Elves) (1994) and "Narrenturm" (2002). The world in which these adventures take place is heavily influenced by Slavic mythology.
At the same time cynical and noble, Geralt has been compared to Raymond Chandler's signature character Philip Marlowe. Geralt exists in an ambiguous moral universe, yet manages to maintain his own coherent code of ethics. The main character of The Witcher (alternative translation: The Hexer) is Geralt, a mutant assassin who has been trained since childhood to hunt down and destroy monsters. This cycle and his many other works have made him one of the best-known fantasy authors in Poland in the 1990s. Sapkowski has created a cycle of tales based on the world of The Witcher, comprising three collections of short stories and five novels. His first short story, The Witcher ( Wiedźmin), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics. Sapkowski studied economics, and before turning to writing, he had worked as a senior sales representative for a foreign trade company. Translated from original Polish by Danusia Stok and David FrenchĪndrzej Sapkowski, born Jin Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. The Malady and Other An Andrzej Sapkowski Sampler (e-only) Geralt and his allies, including the powerful sorceress Yennefer, must find a way to protect her, and to protect the world. This child has the power to change the world-for good, or for evil.Īs the threat of war hangs over the land the child, Ciri, is hunted for her extraordinary powers. Geralt of Rivia, the hunter known as the Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. įor over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. Andrzej Sapkowski created an international phenomenon with his New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series about Geralt of Rivia, which has gone on to inspire the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games. Now, for the first time in a single boxed set, and featuring stunning new cover designs, the five novels that comprise the Witcher Blood of Elves, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, The Tower of Swallows, and Lady of the Lake.
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