04579cam a2200961 4500 468431687 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780440337164 044033716X B000UDNBQW Amazon 35b737fc-9ae9-4e8c-8746-c790b993260c OverDrive (Reserve ID) 88486 88486 88486 148437 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Jones, Lloyd, 1955- Mister Pip [Libby eBook]. Random House Publishing Group, 2007. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 205kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Man Booker Prize Shortlist. realistic fiction books. Booker Prize shortlist. contemporary fiction. American Literature. British Literature . realistic fiction. literary fiction. magical realism. Eastern Europe. relationships. Coming of age. Short Stories. fiction books. books fiction. World War II. fairy tales. Friendship. Historical. literature. americana. Thriller. feminism. romance. society. Writing. Fiction. classic. mystery. England. fantasy. family. novels. german. Horror. Modern. Essays. school. crime. Death. Drama. love. War. ww2. HTML:<p>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.<br /> <br /> On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens's classic <b>Great Expectations.</b><br /> <br /> So begins this rare, original story about the abiding strength that imagination, once ignited, can provide. As artillery echoes in the mountains, thirteen-year-old Matilda and her peers are riveted by the adventures of a young orphan named Pip in a city called London, a city whose contours soon become more real than their own blighted landscape. As Mr. Watts says, "A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe." Soon come the rest of the villagers, initially threatened, finally inspired to share tales of their own that bring alive the rich mythology of their past. But in a ravaged place where even children are forced to live by their wits and daily survival is the only objective, imagination can be a dangerous thing.<br /> <br /> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i></p>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Man Booker Prize for Fiction Nominee. Best Fiction for Young Adults. Notable Books for Adults. Alex Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/35B/737/FC/MisterPip9780440337164.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=35B737FC-9AE9-4E8C-8746-C790B993260C&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/35B/737/FC/MisterPip9780440337164.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=35B737FC-9AE9-4E8C-8746-C790B993260C&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/35B/737/FC/MisterPip9780440337164.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=35B737FC-9AE9-4E8C-8746-C790B993260C&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)