Breaktime - Couverture rigide

Chambers, Aidan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0370301226 ISBN 13 : 9780370301228

Editeur : Bodley Head Children's Books, 1978

Synopsis

The story of a young man's leap into adulthood by way of his first (fantasy?) love affair.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

In Breaktime Morgan thinks literature is crap but Ditto doesn't agree and sets out to prove his cynical friend wrong by writing an account of what happens to him over half term - his father has a heart attack, he gets involved in a drunken brawl with a couple of burglars and has a life-changing encounter with the girl of his dreams.
But is it true or is Ditto just playing a game with words? It's not for Morgan alone to decide . . .

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In Breaktime, Ditto challenges Morgan to prove that literature is crap and triggers off a chain of events to alter his outlook of life forever. Ditto faces a series of charges from Morgan against literature: that all fiction is Done. Finished. Dead; a sham and a pretence. He undertakes faithfully to record a life in the week of Ditto - with all the chaos of reality thrown in - and his literary creation reveals more about himself than he originally bargained for.

In Dance on My Grave, life in his seaside town is uneventful for Hal Robinson, nothing unusual, exciting or odd ever happens to him - until now that is. Until the summer of his 16th birthday when he reaches a crossroads of choices in life. He foolishly takes a friend's boat for a day's sailing, gets into difficulty and is rescued by Barry Gorman. Their ensuing relationship results in a tumultous summer for Hal as he experiences the intense emotions of his first teenage love.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bodley Head Children's Books
• Date d'édition: 1978
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0370301226
• ISBN 13: 9780370301228
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible