Skellig - Rilegato

Almond, David

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 038532653X ISBN 13: 9780385326537

Casa editrice: Delacorte Pr, 1999

Riassunto

Feeling helpless to aid his frantic parents when his baby sister falls ill, Michael explores the dilapidated garage of his family's new house, where he discovers a beast-like creature tucked away amid the spider webs and debris.

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Recensione:

Skellig is the winner of the 1998 British Whitbread Award for Children's Literature.

Praise for Skellig:

"The author adroitly interconnects the threads of the story...to Skellig, whose history and reason for being are open to readers' interpretations.... [T]he story brightens dramatically as Michael's loving, life-affirming spirit begins to work miracles."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"The plot pivots on the question of what Skellig is....The beauty here is that there is no answer and readers will be left to wonder and debate, and make up their own minds.  A lovingly done, thought-provoking novel."
--School Library Journal, starred review

"The marvelous and the everyday mix in haunting, memorable ways."
--Kirkus Reviews, pointer

"Some of the writing takes one's breath away, especially the scenes in which Almond, without flinching, describes the beauty and the horror that is Skellig."
--Booklist, starred review

"I read this luminous novel with a sense of wonder, and it's left an imprint on my mind--and, yes, my heart--that will not easily, if ever, fade.  In fact, I think Skellig deserves that risky adjective--unforgettable."
--Robert Cormier, author

L'autore:

David Almond grew up in a large family in northeastern England. He worked as a postman, a brush salesman, an editor, and a teacher but began to write seriously after he finished college. He lives in England with his partner and their daughter.

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• Editore: Delacorte Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 038532653X
• ISBN 13: 9780385326537
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 182