A Bridge to the Stars [Format Kindle]
Author: Henning Mankell ID: B0031RDUVU
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"This is a deep, serious story, written with the lightest of touches and no hint of condescension." (Jan Mark Guardian)
"Touching tale of a young boy growing up in northern Sweden." (The Bookseller)
"One of the world’s leading authors has written a moving story about a teenager’s life in Northern Sweden." (Publishing News)
"A thoughtful read" (Geoff Fox TES Teacher)
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D鴡ils sur le produit Format : Format Kindle Taille du fichier : 376 KB Nombre de pages de l’餩tion imprim饦nbsp;: 178 pages Pagination – ISBN de l’餩tion imprim饠de r馩rence : 1842704397 Editeur: Andersen Digital; ɤition : New Ed (15 juillet 2009) Vendu par : Media EU S.࠲.l. Langue : Anglais ID: B0031RDUVU Synth賥 vocale : Activ饠 X-Ray : Activ頠 Word Wise: Non activ頠Composition am鬩or饺 Activ頠 Moyenne des commentaires client: 4.0 鴯iles sur 5 Voir tous les commentaires (1 commentaire client) 1 Evaluation 5 鴯iles 0 4 鴯iles 1 3 鴯iles 0 2 鴯iles 0 1 鴯iles 0 › Afficher le commentaire client… Classement des meilleures ventes d’: n72.906 dans la Boutique Kindle (Voir le Top 100 dans la Boutique Kindle) n298 dans Boutique Kindle > Ebooks Kindle > Ebooks en langues 鴲ang貥s > Ebooks en anglais > Children’s & Teens > Literature > Action & Adventure n1020 dans Livres anglais et 鴲angers > Children’s Books > Literature > Action & Adventure Voulez-vous faire un commentaire sur des images ou nous signaler un prix inf鲩eur ?
Par Rangeley John
Mr. Mankell, a first class writer of detective novels, in this moving story joins the ranks of other fine writers, for example Reynolds Price, Joyce Carol Oates and Joni Morrison in the United States and Ian McEwan in Great Britain, who also have written fine fiction for young people.
Par Foster Corbin
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Eleven-year-old Joel Gustafsson is full of questions. Sometimes he feels like his life is just one big mystery. Why does his father, a former sailor who loves to tell stories of exotic places and longs for the sea, now work as a lumberjack in far northern Sweden, about as far from the sea as one can get? “How could he find any satisfaction in going into the forest every day to chop down trees when he’d never succeed in felling enough for him to be able to glimpse the open sea beyond?” Joel asks.
Most of all, Joel wonders about his mother, Jenny, who disappeared when he was a baby, leaving Joel’s father moody and Joel to feel “like a mother to myself.” Joel’s father keeps a single photograph of Jenny but refuses to talk about her, and Joel wonders why his mother abandoned them so long ago. Now, as his father keeps company with their small town’s barmaid, Joel grows increIDgly concerned that he is about to be abandoned for a second time.
When Joel spots an alluring, mysterious Norwegian elkhound that seems to be searching for something, and when he meets a new boy whose daring ideas both fascinate and repel him, he sets off on secret midnight ramblings through his tiny Swedish village, discovering a side of his town — and himself — that he didn’t know existed.
One of the things I’ve most enjoyed about Henning Mankell’s Inspector Wallander series is the way the author probes into the psyche and emotions of his protagonist. This same type of emotional depth of character is on display in A BRIDGE TO THE STARS, which is a very effective portrayal of a boy on the cusp of adolescence. Searching for independence on his nightly forays with his charismatic new friend, Joel nevertheless still longs for safety and security, as represented by his desire to remain close to his father and to discover more about his absent mother.
Joel’s thoughtful story is enhanced not only by the boy’s imaginative fancies and by Mankell’s lyrical writing (capably translated into English by Laurie Thompson), but also by the array of memorable and eccentric characters who populate Joel’s small town. Hopefully Mankell will expand his portrait of this northern Swedish village — and further explore Joel’s compelling character — in his other books about Joel Gustafsson, due to be published in English in the near future. New, younger audiences now have reason to discover this Swedish author, whose fame is sure to grow among American audiences.
— Reviewed by Norah Piehl
Par Customer
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A Bridge to the Stars by Henning Mankell Reviews A Bridge to the Stars has 537 ratings and 60 reviews Leland said This short novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell is the first of several books about A Bridge to the Stars Henning Mankell A Bridge to the Stars Twelve year old Joel lives with his father in the cold northern part of Sweden At night he often sneaks out of his father s house to look A Bridge to the Stars Teenreads Like many American readers I ve recently discovered Henning Mankell The Swedish author of a series of adult mystery novels featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander
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