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The Child that Books Built: 'A memoir about how and why we read as children.' NICK HORNBY

The Child that Books Built: 'A memoir about how and why we read as children.' NICK HORNBY

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Author:
Francis Spufford
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Publication Date:
Oct 04, 2018
Binding:
Paperback / softback
ISBN-13:
9780571346790
ISBN10:
0571346790

Overview

'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.

''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 more. In 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.




  • | Author: Francis Spufford
  • | Publisher: Faber & Faber
  • | Publication Date: Oct 04, 2018
  • | Number of Pages:
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  • | Binding: Paperback / softback
  • | ISBN-13: 9780571346790
  • | ISBN-10: 0571346790

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