The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Sprache:Englisch
23,99 €
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
31.07.2003
Verlag
Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupSeitenzahl
226
Maße (L/B/H)
22/14,5/2,2 cm
Gewicht
381 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-385-51210-7
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher's carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbor's dog, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing.
Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer and turns to his favorite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents' marriage. As he tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, we are drawn into the workings of Christopher's mind.
And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon's choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotion. The effect is dazzling, making for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing is a mind that perceives the world literally."
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is one of the freshest debuts in years: a comedy, a heartbreaker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.
Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer and turns to his favorite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents' marriage. As he tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, we are drawn into the workings of Christopher's mind.
And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon's choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotion. The effect is dazzling, making for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing is a mind that perceives the world literally."
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is one of the freshest debuts in years: a comedy, a heartbreaker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.
Kundinnen und Kunden meinen
This is a really good story to...
Bewertung am 05.06.2023
Bewertungsnummer: 1955311
Bewertet: Buch (Gebundene Ausgabe)
This is a really good story to teach children about autism! The language's easy to understand and along with some good jokes, the book makes you want to continue reading. The character development is exceptional too. All in all, this is an awesome book!
Wunderbar
Bewertung am 13.03.2024
Bewertungsnummer: 2153563
Bewertet: eBook (ePUB)
Sehr tolles und absolut empfehlenswertes Buch. Einfach zu lesen, spannend und tolle Charaktere. Es gibt einen detaillierten und intimen Einblick in das Innenleben des autistischen, jungen Hauptdarstellers.
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