The Adventures of Shola by Bernardo Atxaga
Shola is a little dog with attitude. She loves both comfort and adventure, and spends much of her time trying to decide between the two. Whether faced with the possibility that she may really be a lion or the prospect of a boar-hunt, Shola is not afraid to pursue her dreams ... up to a point.
Shola is a charming, short creature stuffed with charisma and fierce ideas, and so is the book about her Bookbag Charming, funny and heart-warming stories, beautifully packaged and affectionately and cleverly illustrated Lancashire Evening Post First Spot, then Snowy and now Shola - children's literature has an illustrious history of plucky S-name canines.. Mikel Valverde's illustrations are, like the best of cartoon strips, wittily and expressively detailed -- Fiona McKim Junior The most clever and ridiculous dog you've ever heard of ... fantastic -- reader's review Guardian Children's Books Fabulous... the illustrations are superb and humorous... the storyline is very engaging and will make you laugh your socks off and spread a grin on your face Guardian Children's Books Translated from the Basque by Margaret Jull Costa and lavishly illustrated by Mikel Valverde, these gently ironic stories about another small dog whose aspirations regularly outrun her abilities are totally charming Independent, Books of the Year A short, sweet, and entertaining story... truly lovely illustrations and some wonderful wordplay-derived humour The Book Wars A charming, witty, spirited collection of stories about the exploits of an irresistibly characterful little dog -- Daniel Hahn PEN Atlas, Books of the Year Mikel Valverde's illustrations are most expressive and the English translation comes courtesy of the great Margaret Jull Costa... Shola is one of the most impressive heroines of the modern world -- Eileen Battersby Irish Times
Bernardo Atxaga (Joseba Irazu Garmendia, b. 1951) is an award-winning Basque writer, whose work spans adult and children's prose, poetry, radio, cinema and theatre, as well as short stories. He first achieved national and international fame with Obabakoak (1988), which won the National Literature Prize 1989 and has been translated into more than twenty languages. His novels have won critical acclaim in Spain and abroad; most recently, Margaret Jull Costa's translation of Seven Houses in France was shortlisted for the 2012 Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781782690092 |
| ISBN 10 | 1782690093 |
| Title | The Adventures of Shola |
| Author | Bernardo Atxaga |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Children's Books |
| Year published | 2013-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 220 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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