Now Is the Time for Running

Williams, Michael

ISBN 10: 0316077887 / ISBN 13: 9780316077880

Editore: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2013

Codice articolo 0316077887-3-29398939

Riassunto:

When soldiers attack their small village, Deo escapes with his older, mentally disabled brother, carrying a soccer ball filled with money, and after facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds hope.

Informazioni sull?autore: Michael Williams is a writer of plays, musicals, operas and novels and the Managing Director of Cape Town Opera in South Africa. He began writing "radio plays" while studying at University of Cape Town and had his first novel published when he was twenty-five years old. He has written operas for young people based on African mythology as well as the libretti for symphonic operas that have premiered around the world. Michael is the author of several books, including the highly praised young adult novel Crocodile Burning. He finds writing fiction to be the perfect antidote to the drama of keeping an opera company alive in Africa.

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Titolo: Now Is the Time for Running
Casa editrice: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Good