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John Egan is a misfit — "a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant" — who diligently keeps a "log of lies." John's been able to detect lies for as long as he can remember, it's a source of power but also great consternation for a boy so young. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of Records, a keenly inquisitive mind, and a kind of faith, John remains hopeful despite the unfavorable cards life deals him.This is one year in a boy's life. On the cusp of adolescence, from his changing voice and body, through to his parents’ difficult travails and the near collapse of his sanity, John is like a tuning fork sensitive to the vibrations within himself and the trouble that this creates for he and his family.Carry Me Down is a restrained, emotionally taut, and sometimes outrageously funny portrait whose drama drives toward, but narrowly averts, an unthinkable disaster.
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Carry Me Down, Maria J. Hyland, John Maxwell Coetzee
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2007
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- Titre
- Carry Me Down
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Maria J. Hyland, John Maxwell Coetzee
- Éditeur
- Canongate
- Publié
- 2007
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 1841958786
- ISBN13
- 9781841958781
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Young Adult, Famille, Littérature contemporaine, L'école, Enfants, Parentalité, Maturation, Irlande, Jeunes, Enfance, Littérature irlandaise, Confiance, Rupture, Adieu, Pauvreté, Mensonges, Vérité
- Évaluation
- 3,3 sur 5
- Description
- John Egan is a misfit — "a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant" — who diligently keeps a "log of lies." John's been able to detect lies for as long as he can remember, it's a source of power but also great consternation for a boy so young. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of Records, a keenly inquisitive mind, and a kind of faith, John remains hopeful despite the unfavorable cards life deals him.This is one year in a boy's life. On the cusp of adolescence, from his changing voice and body, through to his parents’ difficult travails and the near collapse of his sanity, John is like a tuning fork sensitive to the vibrations within himself and the trouble that this creates for he and his family.Carry Me Down is a restrained, emotionally taut, and sometimes outrageously funny portrait whose drama drives toward, but narrowly averts, an unthinkable disaster.