The Child and the River - Henri Bosco - Boeken - The New York Review of Books, Inc - 9781681377421 - 11 juli 2023
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The Child and the River

Henri Bosco

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The Child and the River

A new translation of an evocative French bestseller about a young farmboy, the river where he is forbidden to play, and the adventures that ensue when he disobeys his familys wishes.

The story of Henri Boscos The Child and the River is straightforward yet haunting: Pascalet, a boy growing up on a farm in France, is told he can play anywhere he likesexcept by the river. Of course he dreams of going to the river, and one day he does.
 
He falls asleep in a small boat tied to an old dock, then wakes up to find himself drifting . . . Onto an island where some gypsies are camping. There, he sees another young boy, perhaps also a gypsy, tied up and beaten. Stealthily, he frees him, and the two escape in a boat, then spend an idyllicbeautifully describedweek living freely on the river.
 
Eventually, Gatzo, the other child, is somewhat magically reunited with his family. Pascalet returns home, desperately missing his friend and the wild life they shared . . . Some time later, Gatzo, orphaned, appears at Pascalets doorstep: the two brothers, one light-skinned, the other darker, are reunited. (And thats material for another story, as the narrator, the grown-up Pascalet, tells us.)
 
A sort of French Huckleberry Finn, The Child and the River is also considered a crossover book, appealing as much to adults as to children. It has sold more than three million copies in France.
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144 pages

Media Boeken     Paperback Book   (Boek met zachte kaft en gelijmde rug)
Vrijgegeven 11 juli 2023
ISBN13 9781681377421
Uitgevers The New York Review of Books, Inc
Pagina's 144
Afmetingen 203 × 127 × 11 mm   ·   120 g
Taal en grammatica Engels  

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