''Anyone who reads or ever read children''s books - read this. It''s a joy.'' Irish Times
''Exhilarating.'' New York Times Book Review
''Sublime.'' Peter Ackroyd, The Times
** An Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian and Irish Times Book of the Year**
What would you find if you went back and re-read your favourite books from childhood?
In The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford revisits all those childhood obsessions: fairy tales; Where the Wild Things Are; The Lord of the Rings; The Chronicles of Narnia; Little House on the Prairie; The Wind in the Willows; The Earthsea Trilogy and moreIn these treasured tales Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness – the thrill as worlds of imagination opened up before him mixed with the memories of a boy who retreated into books when faced with a family tragedy.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
224 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Faber & Faber |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2018-10-04 |
| ISBN |
9780571346790 |
