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Title: Le Aventure di Tintin: Il Temio del Sole (Italian edition of Prisoners of the Sun) by Herge ISBN: 0-8288-5056-9 Publisher: French & European Pubns Pub. Date: 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: Certainly one of the greatest adventures of Tintin and Milou
Comment: "Il Temio del Sole" ("Prisoners of the Sun") concludes the epic Tintin adventure that begins in "Le Sette Sfere di Cristallo" ("The Seven Crystal Balls"). The Sanders-Hardiman Ethnographic Expedition had returned from a trip to Peru and Bolivia exploring Inca burial chambers when all seven members fell into comas induced by mysterious crystal balls. Tintin is already involved in the mystery when Professor Girasole is kidnapped and put aboard a steamer bound for Peru. With Milou and Captain Haddock in tow, Tintin arrives in South America ready to rescue his friend and solve the mystery of the curse of the Incas. This involves a journey through the Andes Mountains and the jungles of the rain forest. There is seriousness to what happens in "Le Sette Sfere di Cristallo" and "Il Temio del Sole" that reflects a significant turning point in Hergé's work. The point that Europeans should respect the cultures of other peoples is not only explicitly articulated by Tintin in these volumes, but is reinforced by the attention to details he puts into Tintin's visit to foreign lands. The ability of Hergé to mature as a storyteller over the course of his distinguished career is impressive and these stories deserve the accolades they have received and the affection with which they have been embraced by generations of readers. I have always liked his foray into science fiction with the two-part Moon story, but Hergé never did anything any better than this Incan epic. "Il Temio del Sole" also has one of Hergé's best running gags: no, not the perpetual confrontations between Captain Haddock and the llamas, but the attempt by Dupont and Dupond to use dowsing to help solve the case is also priceless.