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Pied Piper
de Shute, Nevil
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1964 Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original red and white patterned cloth on boards. Minor corner wear. C.M. (Murray) Irwin, Vice-Principal of Centennial Secondary School, Belleville, Ontario, prepared the study material. 250 pp..
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
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 014302
- Título
- Pied Piper
- Autor
- Shute, Nevil
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Editorial
- Macmillan of Canada
- Lugar de publicación
- Toronto
- Fecha de publicación
- 1964
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Palabras clave
- NOISBN. Literature.
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
Términos de venta
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
In case of returns, seller will refund purchase price and initial shipping cost provided merchandise is returned in good condition within 14 days of sale. Payment methods accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal (to daveshoots@nb.aibn.com), cash, cheque or money order. 20% discount to the trade. Books will be shipped as customer prefers upon receipt of purchase price and shipping costs. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOK. THANKS!
Sobre el vendedor
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
Sobre Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
