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Carry Me Down, M. J. Hyland, J. M. Coetzee
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2007
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- Titel
- Carry Me Down
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- M. J. Hyland, J. M. Coetzee
- Verlag
- Canongate
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2007
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 352
- ISBN10
- 1841958786
- ISBN13
- 9781841958781
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Young Adult, Gegenwartsliteratur, Familie, Schule, Kinder, Elternschaft, Erwachsenwerden, Irland, Jugend, Irische Literatur, Kindheit, Vertrauen, Trennung, Abschied, Armut, Lügen, Wahrheit
- Bewertung
- 3,3 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- 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.