Now on the bookstores there are a great many different books, but even in our time it is difficult to find something truly high-quality. And in the fantasy genre, itโs especially hard to find something that touches the heart and makes you read to the end without stopping. But even among all the modern literary diversity, you can find really good and interesting stories that are suitable even for children.
The sensation of Christopher Paolini
Twelve years ago, the world saw the first novel, Eragon. It would seem that another second-rate fiction from the next second-rate author. But no. Fate was pleased to order in a different way.
A talented young author suddenly woke up popular. The series has won recognition not only in America - books have been translated into many languages โโand distributed throughout the world.
Christopher originally conceived the trilogy, but the story of the rider of Eragon was so inexhaustible that it was decided to write the fourth book. However, even its ending leaves room for fantasy saga fans.
The talent of the author even allowed him to receive the Guinness World Record Award: in 2011, it was Christopher Paolini who was the youngest writer with a record number of copies sold around the world. Eragon sold over 25 million copies, and surpassed four novels in the series about the famous Harry Potter Joan Rowling in sales.
The story of a little genius
Christopher Paolini was born in Southern California, his mother is a teacher, and his father is a former literary agent. It is not surprising that the educated family left its mark on the personality of the future writer, because all his childhood passed among books.
The author was taught by the parents themselves, teaching Christopher the school curriculum at home. Already in childhood, little Paolini became interested in reading, often visited the library, where he spent a lot of his free time. Then he began to write. These were short stories, stories, and even the first poems. But not everything was given to a talented American with such ease: for example, by his own admission, he was able to master mathematics. But he mastered more than three thousand books and can calmly quote the full cycle of books on the Nibelungen ring.
The beginning of the dragon saga
The young American Christopher Paolini was unusually smart and talented for his fifteen years: at this age he wrote the first part of the tetralogy.
The story of the world of dragons, elves, gnomes, and vardenes was first published by the writer's parents and has become quite popular among students in junior and high schools of the state.
Then the version of samizdat came into the view of the writer Karl Hyasen. He spent his holidays in Montana, and after reading the novel Eragon, he sent it to his publisher, Alfred Knopf. The famous publisher could not even think that the author of the book is so young. He was fascinated by Christopher's literary talent. Thus, four years after the creation of Eragon, the book, which was destined to become a bestseller, was released throughout the West. An interesting fact is that Adolf Knopf did not have to make almost any changes to the original version, since the style and style of the young Christopher Paolini was quite formed.
The magic story of the world of Horsemen
The novel "Eragon" is an exciting story of the world of Alageysia. The name and the name of the protagonist comes from an analogy to the original English version of the word "dragon": Eragon - Dragon.
Together with the boy Eragon, the reader learns about the people of his world, elves and gnomes. A young country boy finds a dragon egg and becomes the last free Horseman in the century of the hard tyranny of Galbatorix. Together with Sapphira, his faithful fire-breathing friend, Eragon will have to confront the kingโs soldiers, fight the razzzats, find the Warden insurgents, establish contact with the Elvesmere elves and master the magic to become a real representative of the ancient Order of the Horsemen.
Impact on the work of Christopher Paolini
The fantasy universe of young Paolini was not completely original. A great influence on the writer had such legendary works as The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. He spoke about this himself, worshiping the classics of world fantasy - the books of J.R. R. Tolkien. But these are not the only books that are reflected in such a work as the novel "Eragon". Many readers have noted the extraordinary similarity of Alageisia to the map of Middle-earth, and the idea of โโthe Order of the Riders was borrowed from the Jedi in the Star Wars saga. The use of magic by the protagonist is reminiscent of a cycle of tales of the Earthsea, which also reflected the idea of โโthe magical power of words. Fans of tetralogy deny such statements, but the coincidences are obvious. But even despite this, it is impossible to deny that Christopher Paolini is really a talented writer, and his ideas resonated in the hearts of millions of readers around the world.
Life after Eragon
In 2006, the story of the boy and the dragon was filmed by Hollywood, releasing the film of the same name. But, unfortunately, all fans of the series, the film did not live up to expectations. In the film adaptation, gross factual errors were made in history, which made it impossible to shoot the following parts of the saga.
Today, the best-selling author is a welcome guest on American television shows and one of the most famous US writers. Fans are interested in the possible continuation of a seemingly finished story, new works and everything else, to which Christopher Paolini had a hand.
Eragon, all books in order:
- the very first part of Eragon;
- the second is Return;
- the third is Brisingr;
- the fourth is Heritage.
The dragon saga made its author truly popular in all countries of the world and ensured a lively public interest in all of his future projects.