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John Egan is a misfit — "a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant" — who diligently keeps a "log of lies." John's been able to detect lies for as long as he can remember, it's a source of power but also great consternation for a boy so young. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of Records, a keenly inquisitive mind, and a kind of faith, John remains hopeful despite the unfavorable cards life deals him.This is one year in a boy's life. On the cusp of adolescence, from his changing voice and body, through to his parents’ difficult travails and the near collapse of his sanity, John is like a tuning fork sensitive to the vibrations within himself and the trouble that this creates for he and his family.Carry Me Down is a restrained, emotionally taut, and sometimes outrageously funny portrait whose drama drives toward, but narrowly averts, an unthinkable disaster.
Zakup książki
Carry Me Down, Maria J. Hyland, John Maxwell Coetzee
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2007
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
Metody płatności
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- Tytuł
- Carry Me Down
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Maria J. Hyland, John Maxwell Coetzee
- Wydawca
- Canongate
- Rok wydania
- 2007
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 352
- ISBN10
- 1841958786
- ISBN13
- 9781841958781
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Rodzina, Literatura współczesna, Dzieci, Szkoła, Rodzicielstwo, Dorastanie, Młodzież, Irlandia, Dzieciństwo, Literatura irlandzka, Zaufanie, Rozstanie & Pożegnanie, Bieda, Kłamstwa, Prawda
- Ocena
- 3,3 z 5
- Opis
- John Egan is a misfit — "a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant" — who diligently keeps a "log of lies." John's been able to detect lies for as long as he can remember, it's a source of power but also great consternation for a boy so young. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of Records, a keenly inquisitive mind, and a kind of faith, John remains hopeful despite the unfavorable cards life deals him.This is one year in a boy's life. On the cusp of adolescence, from his changing voice and body, through to his parents’ difficult travails and the near collapse of his sanity, John is like a tuning fork sensitive to the vibrations within himself and the trouble that this creates for he and his family.Carry Me Down is a restrained, emotionally taut, and sometimes outrageously funny portrait whose drama drives toward, but narrowly averts, an unthinkable disaster.