Pobby and Dingan - Rilegato

Rice, Ben

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0375411275 ISBN 13: 9780375411274

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2000

Riassunto

When Pobby and Dingan, the imaginary friends of Kellyanne Williamson, the daughter of a miner in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, the lives of Kellyanne and her family begin to fall apart, and her brother, Ashmol, enlists the aid of the entire town to find them before it is too late. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Unforgettable. . . . An enormously touching, imaginative and unexpected novel that just glows in your hands.” –The New York Times Book Review

“Glorious. . . . Ben Rice has crafted a charming, deceptively simple story, then given it color, richness and depth.” -New York Post

“By turns quirky, shocking, moving, funny, fantastical and all too real. . . . [Rice is] an almost astonishingly gifted writer.” —The Observer (London)

“A gem. . . . odd, bewitching, and memorable.” –The Commercial Appeal

“Packed with more winning details and full-blooded characters than many over-stuffed novels.” —Houston Chronicle

“At once delicate and down to earth . . . [Pobby and Dingan] has a quiet strength.” –The Washington Post

“A disarmingly gentle yet disturbingly layered tale about buried truths.” –Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Wondrous and moving. . . . Downright charming. . . . A winner.” –The Arizona Republic

“Rice has fashioned a fable that will echo in reader’s imaginations every time they catch themselves communicating with loved ones who are not strictly beside them.” —Boston Herald

“Rice has created an enchanting fictional world that lives and breathes . . . [and] beautifully articulates childhood's life-changing moments.” –Book Magazine

"Quirky, moving and completely unexpected. It will charm all but the most determined cynic.” —Daily Telegraph

“Original, witty and entertaining.” –Rocky Mountain News


From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Ben Rice lives in London. This is his first book.

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0375411275
• ISBN 13: 9780375411274
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 93