A Short Walk Through a Wide World
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Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
02.04.2024
Verlag
HarperCollinsSeitenzahl
400
Maße (L/B/H)
23,8/16,6/4 cm
Gewicht
539 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-66802-606-9
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
meets
Life of Pi
in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the incredible, adventurous life of one woman as she journeys the globe trying to outrun a mysterious curse that will destroy her if she stops moving.
Paris, 1885: Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her backpack that evening. Days later, at the family dinner table, she starts to bleed to death.
When medical treatment only makes her worse, she flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realizes that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive. So begins her lifelong journey on the run from her condition, which won’t allow her to stay anywhere for longer than a few days nor return to a place where she’s already been.
From the scorched dunes of the Calashino Sand Sea to the snow-packed peaks of the Himalayas; from a bottomless well in a Parisian courtyard, to the shelves of an infinite underground library, we follow Aubry as she learns what it takes to survive and ultimately, to truly live. But the longer Aubry wanders and the more desperate she is to share her life with others, the clearer it becomes that the world she travels through may not be quite the same as everyone else’s...
Fiercely independent and hopeful, yet full of longing, Aubry Tourvel is an unforgettable character fighting her way through a world of wonders to find a place she can call home. A spellbinding and inspiring story about discovering meaning in a life that seems otherwise impossible, A Short Walk Through a Wide World reminds us that it’s not the destination, but rather the journey—no matter how long it lasts—that makes us who we are.
Paris, 1885: Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her backpack that evening. Days later, at the family dinner table, she starts to bleed to death.
When medical treatment only makes her worse, she flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realizes that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive. So begins her lifelong journey on the run from her condition, which won’t allow her to stay anywhere for longer than a few days nor return to a place where she’s already been.
From the scorched dunes of the Calashino Sand Sea to the snow-packed peaks of the Himalayas; from a bottomless well in a Parisian courtyard, to the shelves of an infinite underground library, we follow Aubry as she learns what it takes to survive and ultimately, to truly live. But the longer Aubry wanders and the more desperate she is to share her life with others, the clearer it becomes that the world she travels through may not be quite the same as everyone else’s...
Fiercely independent and hopeful, yet full of longing, Aubry Tourvel is an unforgettable character fighting her way through a world of wonders to find a place she can call home. A spellbinding and inspiring story about discovering meaning in a life that seems otherwise impossible, A Short Walk Through a Wide World reminds us that it’s not the destination, but rather the journey—no matter how long it lasts—that makes us who we are.
Kundinnen und Kunden meinen
Unterhaltsamer Mix von Fantasy und Abenteuerroman
Manu (Mitglied der Book Circle Community) am 01.08.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2587280
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
Aubrey muss reisen. Fort und weiter, immer weiter, weil sie ansonsten stirbt. Nur kurz verweilen, sich verlieben nur, um dann auch schon wieder überstürzt aufbrechen zu müssen.
Diese abenteuerliche Reise des Mädchens, der Frau und der Greisin Aubrey birgt auf den ersten Blick viel Potenzial, das gut aber nicht perfekt umgesetzt wird.
Als gelungene Mischung zwischen Abenteuerroman und Fantasy hätte ich mir teilweise etwas mehr Einblicke in die Regionen der Welt gewünscht, in denen Aubrey sich jeweils aufhielt. Dieser Aspekt fehlte mir ein wenig. Stattdessen hat sich der Autor auf die zwischenmenschliche Komponente konzentriert, was durchaus auch seinen Reiz hatte.
A Short Walk Through a Wide World ist gute Unterhaltung, die zwischendurch eine Tiefe aufweist, die zum Nachdenken anregt.
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