378 pages
English language
Published April 12, 2008
Everybody wants more time, which is why on Discworld only the experts can manage it—the venerable Monks of History, who store it and pump it from where it's wasted, like underwater (how much time does a codfish really need?), to places like cities, where busy denizens lament, "Oh where does the time go?"
While everyone always talks about slowing down, one young horologist is about to do the unthinkable. He's going to stop. Well, stop time that is, by building the world's first truly accurate clock. Which means esteemed History Monk Lu-Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd have to put on some speed to stop the timepiece before it starts. For if the Perfect Clock starts ticking, Time—as we know it—will end. And then the trouble will really begin . . .
Début assez lent et pour tout dire j’ai manqué d’arrêter la lecture. Après deux tiers du livre j’ai commencé à bien apprécier.
I didn't have great expectations from this book, but it's now one of my favourites in the Discworld series.
2023 re-read: still one of my favourite books in the Discworld universe.
Death books are probably my favourite, but this book is perfect! Monks that control time and people that waste it. Auditors that keep missing the magic of life and the wonderful magic that is to be alive. When time, life and chocolates collide - this one cannot be missed.
