+Un Lun Dun - Rilegato

Miéville, China

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0230015867 ISBN 13: 9780230015869

Casa editrice: Macmillan Children's Books, 2007

Riassunto

The iron wheel began to spin, slowly at first, then faster and faster. The room grew darker. As the light lessened, so did the sound. Deeba and Zanna stared at each other in wonder. The noise of the cars and vans and motorbikes outside grew tinny . . . The wheel turned off all the cars and turned off all the lamps. It was turning off London. Zanna and Deeba are two girls leading ordinary lives, until they stumble into the world of UnLondon, an urban Wonderland where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people too. Here discarded umbrellas stalk with spidery menace, carnivorous giraffes roam the streets, and a jungle sprawls beyond the door of an ordinary house. UnLondon is under siege by the sinister Smog and its stink-junkie slaves; it is a city awaiting its hero. Guided by a magic book that can't quite get its facts straight, and pursued by Hemi the half-ghost boy, the girls set out to stop the poisonous cloud before it burns everything in its path. They are joined in their quest by a motley band of UnLondon locals, including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas, Obaday Fing, a couturier whose head is an enormous pincushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle . . . and you thought a trip down the rabbit hole was a little out of the ordinary. The world of UnLondon is populated by astonishing frights and delights that will thrill the imagination.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

From British fantasy’s rising star comes this astonishing first novel for children.

L'autore:

China lives and works in London. He has written four novels for adults. He has twice won the prestigous Arthur C. Clarke Award, with Perdido Street Station and Iron Council, and is also twice winner of the British Fantasy Award, for Perdido Street Station and The Scar.

Un Lun Dun is China’s first novel for younger readers.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Macmillan Children's Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0230015867
• ISBN 13: 9780230015869
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 528