Christopher Paolini is known throughout the world for writing the book Eragon at the age of 15, which, after publication, took its place in the list of best-selling works. At first only in the USA, and later around the world. However, Russian readers have a very mixed opinion about the work of this writer.
Christopher Paolini: author biography
How did the freshly baked genius of the world of literary fiction begin his writing journey? Christopher Paolini is an American writer, and accordingly was born in the United States, and more specifically in sunny California. And to be completely accurate, then in Los Angeles, November 17, 1983. But later, his parents moved to Montana, in the town of Paradise Valley.
Of great importance for the author’s creativity was home schooling - in childhood, the boy often wrote small stories and poems, and also loved visiting the library. The writer wrote his first novel “Eragon” at the age of 15 and published it in a small print run with the money of his parents. She began to be popular in Montana schools. Karl Hyassen became interested in the book, an accomplished writer who immediately appreciated Christopher's talent and sent the work to his publisher.
The book was published in 2003 and spent exactly 87 weeks in the bestseller ranking, of which for about 9 months it took first place in the list.
What is Paolini Christopher writing about?
Eragon. All books
The Eragon series is a tetralogy. Here are the names of all parts in chronological order:
- Eragon - 2003
- “Eragon. Return "- 2004
- “Eragon. Brisingr "- 2008
- “Eragon. Heritage "- 2011
These four works make up a complete list of what Christopher Paolini has written so far. Will there be more books? Fans count on this very much, especially, as can be seen from the chronology, the author has been working on each text for several years.
Briefly about the plot: the son of a simple farmer, a boy named Eragon, finds a mysterious blue stone in the forest. Later, the Dragon Sapphire appeared from it, because of which the teenager has to abandon his home. After all, the dragon is a formidable weapon, and everyone wants to either get such an ally, or get rid of such a threat.
An indicator of the success of the author is the availability of adaptations. In the first part of the tetralogy, a film of the same name was shot, which the audience saw in 2006. It did not have much success - despite the promising plot, everything else was not up to par. The continuation of the series was not filmed, and, as far as we know, not a single director plans to do it.
Positive feedback on tetralogy
Books from the Eragon series are some of the best works of the fantasy world. They are kind, with an interesting plot, and a clear division of all the characters on two sides. In books, one feels the great influence of The Lord of the Rings, some note a resemblance to Star Wars. Fans of the writer claim that the Eragon tetralogy is much better than the well-known Harry Potter, but this is a controversial statement.
But in general, Christopher Paolini deserves sincere admiration. He managed to create a connected and harmonious story, interesting and exciting, but without scenes of violence, with a thin love line, but without bed revelations. This is a tale of friendship, love, honesty and nobility. The author is ahead of most contemporary writers, but only time will show whether he can grow into real masters of the fantasy world.
Criticism
For every, even the best book, there are critics who express their displeasure. And Eragon is no exception. Some readers found the work frankly boring, prolonged and too predictable plot. Also, sophisticated connoisseurs do not like the division of characters into evil and good - today, writers like to show the hero a versatile person with positive and negative traits, or to expose the villain as a hero. Christopher Paolini does not use such methods, and therefore some of his books seem to be fresh with a touch of moralizing.
The writer himself also did not avoid harsh remarks addressed to him - detractors found that in the text each word reflected too young an age and immaturity of the author.
In general, they recommend that they write their own opinion about tetralogy - the whole text is very even, so from the first 20-30 pages it will be clear whether she likes it or not.