Více o knize
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.
Nákup knihy
Carry Me Down, John Maxwell Coetzee, M. J. (Maria Joan) Hyland
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2007
- Vazba
- (měkká)
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- Titul
- Carry Me Down
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Vydavatel
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Rok vydání
- 2007
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 352
- ISBN10
- 1841958786
- ISBN13
- 9781841958781
- Série
- Kategorie
- Štítky
- Rodina, Současná literatura, Děti, Škola, Dospívání, Rodičovství, Mládež, Irsko, Dětství, Irská literatura, Důvěra, Rozchod, Rozloučení, Chudoba, Lhaní, Pravda
- Hodnocení
- 3,3 z 5
- Anotace
- 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.