{"product_id":"watership-down-richard-adams-9780141354965","title":"Watership Down (Richard Adams)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn epic story that has been beloved for generations, \u003ci\u003eWatership Down \u003c\/i\u003ehas become one of the most famous animal stories ever written. Join in the adventure with this 50th anniversary edition, now with a foreword by Madeline Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Achilles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFiver, a young rabbit, is very worried. He senses something terrible is about to happen to the warren. His brother Hazel knows that his sixth sense is never wrong. So, there is nothing else for it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey must leave immediately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so begins a long and perilous journey of a small band of rabbits in search of a safe home. Fiver's vision finally leads them to Watership Down, but here they face their most difficult challenge of all . . . \u003cbr\u003e__________ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Adams originally began telling the story of \u003ci\u003eWatership Down\u003c\/i\u003e to his two daughters and they insisted he publish it as a book. It quickly became a huge success with both children and adults, and won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal in 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRichard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Service. He originally began telling the story of \u003ci\u003eWatership Down\u003c\/i\u003e to his two daughters and they insisted he publish it as a book. It quickly became a huge success with both children and adults, and won the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal in 1972. Richard Adams wrote many novels and short stories, including \u003ci\u003eShardik\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Plague Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2016, aged 96.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 656 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65809604051293,"sku":"K053474855","price":10.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5347485500001A.jpg?v=1788511137","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/watership-down-richard-adams-9780141354965","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}