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Pied Piper
de Nevil Shute
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
William Heinemann, 1950. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). 1950 edition. Spine slanted 4mm. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
Sinopsis
Young Adult Novel, set in Europe in 1940. 70-year-old Englishman goes fishing in the French mountains, near the Swiss border. To amuse two children he's met, he makes a whistle from a twig of hazel bush [hence, the book's title]. When Germany invades France, he decides to go back to England, and is asked to take the children with him. Along the way, he finds another child, and another, and another, leading his young outcasts through shell-fire and sacrifice, in a search of safe haven from a world at war. A poignant sub-plot shows why this man had left England in perilous times, and how he found in France a woman who healed this poignancy (and, in the process, her own personal sorrow). The story ends in a surprisingly gratifying way. The dangers of death and war remain in the reader's heart, along with the resounding echoes of courage, honesty, love. Mostly love. Book-reviewers called it "the best story of World War II" *[Cincinnati Enquirer]* ... "piles up dramatic force -- the work of a master storyteller" *[New York Times]* ... "gripping and tender" *[New York Herold Tribune]* ... "moving, heart-warming -- (Nevil Shute's) greatest novel" *[Book Buyer's Guide]* ... "He write (in this touching book) about human beings and ordinary human emotions in a way that makes the reading of each page an unalloyed pleasure" *[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]* ...... [comments by: Billy Jack]
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Detalles
- Librería
- M Godding Books Ltd
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 260290
- Título
- Pied Piper
- Autor
- Nevil Shute
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- William Heinemann
- Fecha de publicación
- 1950
- Tamaño
- 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo)
- Peso
- 0.75 libras
Términos de venta
M Godding Books Ltd
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Sobre el vendedor
M Godding Books Ltd
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Devizes, Wiltshire
Sobre M Godding Books Ltd
The business trades in a variety of on-line products. Our business is currently expanding its already large collection of books, and other media. Established in 2005, the business became M Godding Ltd in April 2006. It is a family run business trading from Devizes in Wiltshire, England. It aims for satisfied customers through a friendly and efficient service. Our book shop specialises in rare, older used books including many first editions
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
