ISBN: 9798235952218 - jimmy bucklesmith's unexpected day out (5 risultati)

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Within the exaggerated isolation of his home life, the young Jimmy Bucklesmith is suddenly aware of the compromises that his parents have made in order to fit comfortably into the life around them. He becomes restless and, after an incident at school, in which the focus of the playground is kind to him, he is invited to do a day's work by one of the more influential students in the school. The following morning, he nervously leaves his apartment and is immediately immersed in the complex human environment which spills out onto the congested streets. In a futuristic, post-industrial age, the technology is both physically available and morally acceptable to change body form, and some individuals, like his parents, take extreme measures to adapt their bodies to cope with the rigors of social expectations or the demands of their own self-perception.If Jimmy has to overcome his own inherent difficulties, demonstrated by the poor condition of his legs he, like anyone else who has their own specific way of coping, has to contend with the dark side of life which is forever waiting in the wings to predate upon the unwary and the insecure, and success in personal survival always depends upon the strength of the spirit within.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Jimmy Bucklesmith's Unexpected Day Out | Colin Reed | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2012 | Colin Reed | EAN 9798235952218 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.