Catherine Certitude - Rilegato

Modiano, Patrick

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ISBN 10: 1783443022 ISBN 13: 9781783443024

Casa editrice: Andersen Press, 2014

Riassunto

A classic French story from Nobel Prize-winner Patrick Modiano and celebrated illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé.
Beautifully illustrated, this is a love letter to Paris, ballet and childhood for fans of The Little Prince, Le Petit Nicholas and Madeline.

Catherine lives with her gentle father, Georges Certitude, who runs a shipping business in Paris with a failed poet named Casterade. Father and daughter share the simple pleasures of daily life: sitting in the church square, walking to school, going to her ballet class every Thursday afternoon. But just why did Georges change his name to Certitude? What kind of trouble with the law did Casterade rescue him from? And why did Catherine's ballerina mother leave to return to New York?

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Recensione:

"Elegant. Apparently simple and transparent nostalgia belies its sophistication of observation. Deftly characterised illustrations." (Books for Keeps)

"Character comes across well. Really effecting overall mood." (Bookbag)

"Feather-light illustrations. This lovely book suggests the delicacy and strength of an eggshell." (Publishers Weekly online)

"Ravishing artwork. In surrendering our old certitudes, we may win insights that make our lives more fully human and humane in the present." (The Boston Globe)

"Little gem of a novel. Spare but lyrical prose. I loved the story." (Children's Corner Blog)

Descrizione del libro:

The only children's story by 2014's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Patrick Modiano, illustrated in full colour by celebrated artist Jean-Jacques Sempé.

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• Editore: Andersen Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1783443022
• ISBN 13: 9781783443024
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 80
• Disegnatore: Sempé Jean-Jacques