The Thief of Time - Brossura

Boyne, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0753812762 ISBN 13: 9780753812761

Casa editrice: Phoenix, 2001

Riassunto

It is 1758 and Matthieu Zela is fleeing Paris for Dover, having witnessed the murder of his mother by his stepfather and his subsequent execution for that crime. With Matthieu is his five year old brother Tomas and his companion and ¿one true love¿, Dominique Sauvet. What follows is the story of Matthieu¿s life.

Beginning in murder and ending in redemption, Matthieu¿s life is characterised by one extraordinary fact: before the eighteenth century ends, he discovers that his body has stopped ageing. At the end of the twentieth century, he is able to look back on a life lived to the full. He has been an engineer, a rogue, a movie mogul, a soldier, a financier, a lover to many, a cable TV executive and more. The tale of his life involves murder, love, treachery, despair, passion, glamour, and, ultimately hope.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

An ambitious, engaging first novel about a man who stops ageing

L'autore:

John Boyne was born in Dublin in 1971 and is currently events manager at Waterstone¿s Dublin. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and the University of East Anglia, where he completed the course in creative writing. At UEA he was awarded the Curtis Brown prize (shared with Toby Litt). His first short story was published in The Sunday Tribune and was subsequently shortlisted for a Hennessy Literary Award. The Thief of Time is his first novel.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Phoenix
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0753812762
• ISBN 13: 9780753812761
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384