Equal Rites belongs to one of the most venerable traditions in storytelling: The theme of a child leaving home to seek his or her destiny, and overcoming all obstacles in the process.
Pratchett pays homage here to models as diverse as Grimm's fairy tales and Mark Twain's novels of boyish adventure along the Mississippi. Those familiar with fantasy as a genre will.....
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