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Description
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... read more
Memorable Quotes
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“Thanks to dreams, in the history of the galaxy the world has been reinvented more often than there are stars.”
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“I had found a new friend. The surprising thing is where I'd found him - not up a tree or sulking in the shade, or splashing around in one of the hill streams, but in a book. No one had told us kids to look there for a friend.”
First Sentence
Everyone called him Pop Eye.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Lloyd Jones (Author)
Awards
- Man Booker Prize (Finalist, 2007)
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