The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet - Couverture rigide

Larsen, Reif

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670069752 ISBN 13 : 9780670069750

Editeur : Penguin Group Canada, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Larsen Reif

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'Reif Larsen's wonderful original debut, destined to please readers of all ages, is the Next Big Thing... echoes of Thomas Pynchon, Robert Coover and Nicholson Baker... a lively sophisticated narrative that looks to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' Irish Times

'It has the makings of a cult classic...a deliciously ambitious book, a confident blast of ideas - and a beautiful object' Time Out

T.S. Spivet is a genius mapmaker who lives on a ranch in Montana. His father is a silent cowboy and his mother is a scientist who for the last twenty years has been looking for a mythical species of beetle. His brother has gone, his sister seems normal but might not be, and his dog - Verywell - is going mad. T.S. makes sense of it all by drawing beautiful, meticulous maps kept in innumerable colour-coded notebooks.He is brilliant, and the Smithsonian Institution agrees, though when they award him a major scientific prize they don't suspect for a moment that he is twelve years old.

So begins T.S.'s life-changing adventure, travelling two thousand miles across America to reach the awards dinner, the secret-society membership and the TV interviews that beckon. But is this what he wants? Do maps and lists explain the world? And why are adults so strange?

'Larsen has made an impressive mark ... spectacularly funny' Sunday Times

'A wilfully original and diverting book ... you can see exactly why it caused publishers to sit up. It is charming and kooky' Observer

'Think Tom Sawyer with a passion for empirical science... one of the most original books of the year' Metro

'Fantastical, funny and delightfully original' Esquire

'Impossible to put down. Engagingly poignant and charmingly quirky ... Larsen is an accomplished writer, but he's also a hugely gifted illustrator ... It's a genius debut' Daily Mail

'T.S's voice - and scientific pencil - enchant the reader...spectacular' Guardian

'We believe in Spivet because Larsen gives us so much that is elegant and even pretty to look at. The book is beautifully produced yet the account of the train journey in this attractively naïve voice would be admirable even if it were not framed and accompanied by sketches' TLS

'Here is a book that does the impossible: it combines Mark Twain, Thomas Pynchon, and Little Miss Sunshine. Good novels entertain; great ones come as a gift to the readers who are lucky enough to find them. This book is a treasure' Stephen King

Présentation de l'éditeur

T.S. Spivet is a 12-year-old genius mapmaker who lives on a ranch in Montana. His father is a tight-lipped cowboy and his mother is a scientist who for the last twenty years has been looking for a mythical species of beetle. His brother has gone, his sister seems normal but might not be, and his dog - Verywell - is going mad.

It's odd, but then families are. T.S. makes sense of it all by drawing beautiful, meticulous maps kept in innumerable colour-coded notebooks: maps of the countryside, maps of his family's behaviour, maps of animal and plant life. He is brilliant, and the Smithsonian Institution agrees, though when they telephone with news that he has won a major scientific prize they don't suspect for a minute that he is twelve years old.

So begins T.S.'s life-changing adventure, fleeing in the dead of night, riding freight trains two thousand miles across America - how else do 12-year-olds get to Washington D.C.? - to reach the awards dinner, the fame, the secret-society membership and the TV appearances that beckon. But is this what he wants? Do maps and lists explain the world? And why are adults so strange?

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet is a story like no other: exhilarating, funny, endlessly charming and unbearably poignant. It is a journey through life's mysteries great and small, and about how on earth a boy with a telescope, four compasses and a theodolite should set about solving them.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Group Canada
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0670069752
• ISBN 13: 9780670069750
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 374
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible