In a novel that is at once intense, beautiful, and fablelike, Lloyd Jones weaves a transcendent story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform our

Mister Pip

In a novel that is at once intense, beautiful, and fablelike, Lloyd Jones weaves a transcendent story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform our lives.

On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickensâ€™s classic Great Expectations.

So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, â€œA person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe.â€ Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.
Country USA
Brand Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 4195121
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2008-05-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385341073

Country	USA
Brand	Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	4195121
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2008-05-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385341073

Mister Pip

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