Christopher Paolini and his books

Christopher Paolini is known all over the world for the fact that at the age of 15 he wrote the book "Eragon", which, after the publication, took its place in the list of the best-selling works. First only in the USA, and later all over the world. However, Russian readers have a very mixed opinion on the creativity of this writer.

Christopher Paolini: biography of the author

How did the freshly baked genius of the world of literary fiction start out as a writer? Christopher Paolini is an American writer, and was born in the USA, or rather in solar California. And to be quite accurate, then in Los Angeles, November 17, 1983. But later his parents moved to Montana, to the town of Paradise Valley.

Great value for creativity of the author home schooling has played - in the childhood the boy often wrote small stories and verses, and also very much liked to visit library. His first novel "Eragon" writer wrote at age 15 and published in a small print run with the money of his parents. It has become popular in the schools of Montana. The book was addressed by Karl Hiasen - already a 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 bestselling rating, of which about 9 months it ranked first in the list.

What does Paolini Christopher write about?

"Eragon". All books

The "Eragon" series is tetralogy. Here are the names of all parts in chronological order:

1. Eragon - 2003
2. "Eragon. The Return "- 2004.
3. "Eragon. Brisinger »- 2008
4. "Eragon. Heritage »- 2011

These four works constitute a complete list of what was written while Christopher Paolini. Will there be more books? Fans really count on this, especially as the chronology shows, 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 in the forest a mysterious blue stone. Later, the Dragon of Sapphire appeared from him, because of which the teenager has to abandon his home. After all, a dragon is a formidable weapon, and everyone dreams of either getting such an ally, or getting rid of such a threat.

The indicator of the author's success is the availability of adaptations. The first part of the tetralogy was a film with the same name, which the audience saw in 2006. It did not have much success - despite the promising story, everything else turned out to be not up to par. The continuation of the series was not filmed, and, as far as is known, no director plans to do it.

Positive feedback about 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 the books there is a great influence of "The Lord of the Rings", some note the similarity with "Star Wars". Fans of the writer claim that the tetralogy "Eragon" is much better than all the famous "Harry Potter", but this controversial statement.

And 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 subtle love line, but without bed revelations. This is a fairy tale about friendship, love, honesty and nobility. The author outruns most of the contemporary writers, but if he can grow to the real masters of the fantasy world, only time will show.

Criticism

For each, even the best book, there will be their critics who will express their displeasure. And "Eragon" is no exception. Some readers found the work frankly boring, tightened and with a too predictable plot. Also, experienced connoisseurs do not like the division of characters into evil and good - today writers like to show the hero a versatile personality with positive and negative traits, or to expose the villain as a hero. Christopher Paolini does not use such techniques, and therefore some of his books seem to be virgin with a touch of moralizing.

The writer himself also did not escape harsh statements in his address - detractors found that in the text each word reflected the young age and immaturity of the author.

In general, tetralogy is recommended to make your own opinion - the whole text is very smooth, so that from the first 20-30 pages it will be clear whether she likes it or not.