Name: The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz par Russell Hoban
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The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz Résumé

The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz Russell Hoban

'A piece of invention as original as any of Tolkien's or C.S. Lewis's' New Statesman

'I have gone to look for a lion.' In a world where lions have become extinct, the map-maker Jachin-Boaz nevertheless abandons his wife and son to find one, leaving just this note. But his decision has unexpected consequences. He will be pursued by his son, Boaz-Jachin, and by something else: a tawny-skinned, amber-eyed beast from another place and time, a bringer of life and death.

'Magic at work ... Funny as well as beautiful' Irish Times

'Hoban is unclassifiable, thank goodness. His narrative is so minutely and compellingly realistic that after a time you cease to notice that he has stood reality on its head' Sunday Times

The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz Avis

Magic at work ... Funny as well as beautiful. * Irish Times *
Amazingly, the mythology is sustained in totally modern terms, desolate, comic and urban. * Time Out *
A piece of invention as original as any of Tolkien's or C.S. Lewis's. * New Statesman *
Worth rejoicing in ... a banquet of whimsical delights. Each Russell Hoban book is surprising ... but you also know what you're getting, which is curiosity, wonder and a world-encompassing empathy. -- John Self * The Guardian *
Mr. Hoban is unclassifiable, thank goodness. His narrative is so minutely and compellingly realistic that after a time you cease to notice that he has stood reality on its head. * Sunday Times *

À propos de Russell Hoban

On his death in 2011, The Times described Russell Hoban as 'perhaps the most consistently strange writer of the late 20th century'. He thought and wrote in an extraordinary range of genres, becoming first a bestselling writer of children's books, particularly the immortal Frances stories and his first novel, The Mouse and His Child (1968). After its publication he continued to write for children (most notably perhaps the Captain Najork books with Quentin Blake and The Marzipan Pig), but focussed most of his energies on a sequence of wonderful novels, which began with The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz (1973) and ended with Angelica Lost and Found (2010). He also wrote the libretto for Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Second Mrs Kong (1994).

His novels were wildly various, but share his obsession with objects, animals, specific works of art and pieces of music, his love of words and sense of humour. Penguin Modern Classics publishes his first eight novels: The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz, Kleinzeit, Turtle Diary, Riddley Walker, Pilgermann, The Medusa Frequency, Fremder and Mr Rinyo-Clacton's Offer.

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GOR013439181

ISBN 13

9780241485712

ISBN 10

0241485711

Titre

The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz Russell Hoban

Auteur

Russell Hoban

Série

Penguin Modern Classics

État

Occasion - État d'usage

Relié

Broché

Éditeur

Penguin Books Ltd

Année de publication

2021-03-25

Nombre de pages

192

Prix

N/A

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