The Daydreamer
$31.60
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
18 January 2000
Summary
A delightful literary foray for adults and children alike, from the inexhaustible imagination of the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement.
“As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl.” — Vogue
In these seven exquisitely interlinked episodes, the grown-up protagonist Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality, Peter experiences fantastical tran…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385498050 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385498055 |
| Author: | Ian McEwan |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Anchor Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 18 January 2000 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 132mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
“Imaginative and sparkling, not a page should be missed.” —San Diego Union-Tribune “As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl.” —Vogue “Combines wit and invention with a sense of the natural order being overturned.” —The Washington Post Book World “Peter’s fantasy life is richer than anybody’s since Walter Mitty.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer “Brilliant … the quality of imagination at play here is something special.” —The Times Educational Supplement (London)
About The Author
Ian McEwan
IAN MCEWAN is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; and Machines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.
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