The Memory Prisoner - Couverture souple

Bloor, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340778555 ISBN 13 : 9780340778555

Editeur : Hodder Children's Books, 2000

Synopsis

Maddie is 15 and overweight. She hasn't left the house for 13 years. Not since her grandfather disappeared. Burying her memories, Maddie can't face her deepest fears. Until her brother's life is in danger and she must leave her familiar prison behind - or lose him for good.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Maddie is fifteen and overweight. She hasn't left the house for thirteen years, since her grandfather disappeared. Burying her memories, Maddie can't face her deepest fears. Until her brother's life is in danger - and she must leave her familiar prison behind, or lose him for good...

"If Royston Vasey had had a public library it might have resembled the one in Thomas Bloor's The Memory Prisoner... Bloor never wastes a word communicating his nightmare, contriving all at once to be moving, alarming and funny. It takes a while to adjust to the extreme oddity of this short novel as there is nothing to compare it with. Sooner or later someone is going to mention Kafka, but I will eschew the K word except to remark that what most people forget about Kafka is his lethal matter-of-factness." Jan Mark, TES

Revue de presse

'subversive, funny and imaginative' (The Observer)

'bizarre, original, rewarding' (The Guardian)

'funny and tragic, but always gripping' (The London Parents Guide)

'a dark gothic fantasy, reminiscent of Mervyn Peake' (The Herald)

'Bloor is to be congratulated on creating a genuine heroine, stout in courage, as well as size.' (Nick Tucker, The Independent)

'... a bizarrely comic account...' (The Guardian, May 2000)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder Children's Books
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340778555
• ISBN 13: 9780340778555
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible