The Conference of the Birds

Sis, Peter

ISBN 10: 1594203067 / ISBN 13: 9781594203060

Editore: Penguin Press HC, The, U.S.A., 2011

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1st edition/1st printing in as new, unread condition. Signed by the author on the title page. No condition problems. Mylar covered. Codice articolo 000184

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Titolo: The Conference of the Birds

Casa editrice: Penguin Press HC, The, U.S.A.

Data di pubblicazione: 2011

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: As New

Condizione sovraccoperta: As New

autografato: Signed by Author(s)

Edizione: 1st Edition

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Riassunto:

A first adult book by the author of the Caldecott Honor-winning The Wall is an uplifting adaptation of the 12th-century Sufi epic poem about a flight of birds under the leadership of a hoopoe who search for a true king while enduring profound spiritual challenges. 30,000 first printing.

L'autore:

Peter Sís is an internationally acclaimed illustrator, author, and filmmaker. Born in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1949, he began his film career by winning the Golden Bear Award at the 1980 West Berlin Film Festival for an animated short. His film work is now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He turned to publishing in 1984 and quickly became one of the leading artists in the field. With more than twenty books to his credit and almost as many honors, Peter is a seven-time winner of The New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Most recently, in 2007, he publishedThe Wall: Growing up Behind the Iron Curtain, which was awarded the Robert F. Sibert Medal and was also named a Caldecott Honor Book. Peter Sís was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2003. He lives in the New York City area with his wife and children.