It was a dark and stormy night in the Gaulish village. The townsfolk are worried the sky will finally fall on their heads. A sinister figure arrives in the little Gaulish village. 'Prolix', who claims to be a soothsayer, and predicts that the weather will improve after the storm. Low and behold, it does !! He starts living off the village, making positive prophecies for those who bring the best stuff. Now the credulous villagers believe every word he says, but Asterix has his suspicions of the smooth-talking Prolix. Who is really right about the soothsayer? The Romans get wind of what's going on and capture the soothsayer, since soothsaying is forbidden by law. The soothsayer admits he's a shyster, which the Romans sort of believe. They use him to frighten off the villagers, thereby finally claiming total conquest of Gaul. Can Asterix convince the people to go back? Will the Romans sort out whether the soothsayer is for real or not?
Trivia:
1. Sales in France for this album are always slightly lower than for the others. The only plausible explanation is that the disturbing cover may put people off. And yet it's a sheer delight to laugh about the gullibility of our dear Gauls.
2. An animated film bearing the title 'Asterix and the Big Fight' was released in 1989 but although it contained elements from that album, it was actually more an adaptation of this book. Part of the plot was also used in the first live action Asterix film, 'Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar'.
3. The story includes (page# 9) an illustration of the Roman and Gaulish pantheon of gods. In that illustration, Uderzo includes a drawing of his own country home.
4. A soothsayer's fantastical prediction of the future is illustrated by a photograph of La Défense, the modern district of skyscrapers outside Paris.
5. The scene at the bottom of page 10, where the characters observe the disembowelment of a fish, is a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp.
6. Unhygienix, though depicted bare-footed in the series, can be seen on the cover wearing the brown footwear that the other male villagers wear. These are also seen in page 5, during the beginning of the storm scene, but he shown barefooted in the remainder of the scene and the book
7. On page 9 an Augur tells Caesar that "as long as Brutus is near you, O Caesar, you will have nothing to fear", in the authors' reference Caesar's murder.
[[ All information was taken from Internet...]]
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| Asterix Book# 19 (May, 1972) |
1. Sales in France for this album are always slightly lower than for the others. The only plausible explanation is that the disturbing cover may put people off. And yet it's a sheer delight to laugh about the gullibility of our dear Gauls.
2. An animated film bearing the title 'Asterix and the Big Fight' was released in 1989 but although it contained elements from that album, it was actually more an adaptation of this book. Part of the plot was also used in the first live action Asterix film, 'Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar'.
3. The story includes (page# 9) an illustration of the Roman and Gaulish pantheon of gods. In that illustration, Uderzo includes a drawing of his own country home.
4. A soothsayer's fantastical prediction of the future is illustrated by a photograph of La Défense, the modern district of skyscrapers outside Paris.
5. The scene at the bottom of page 10, where the characters observe the disembowelment of a fish, is a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp.
6. Unhygienix, though depicted bare-footed in the series, can be seen on the cover wearing the brown footwear that the other male villagers wear. These are also seen in page 5, during the beginning of the storm scene, but he shown barefooted in the remainder of the scene and the book
7. On page 9 an Augur tells Caesar that "as long as Brutus is near you, O Caesar, you will have nothing to fear", in the authors' reference Caesar's murder.
[[ All information was taken from Internet...]]
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Asterix & The Soothsayer
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