ISBN |
9781782692072 (paperback) |
Name |
Coe, Jonathan author. |
Uniform title |
Storia di Gulliver. English |
Title |
The story of Gulliver / Jonathan Coe ; illustrated by Sara Oddi. |
Edition |
Paperback edition. |
Published |
London : Pushkin Children's, 2013. |
©2011 |
Description |
90 pages : colour illustrations ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
First published in 2011 as 'La storia di Gulliver' by Gruppo Editoriale L'Essprsso S.p.A. |
Summary |
For the first time in his life, Gulliver felt ashamed of himself and his fellow-humans. Gulliver is a travel-hungry and adventurous ship's doctor, who has the odd misfortune of being shipwrecked four times in as many voyages. Through Jonathan Coe's expert retelling of Swift's famous satire about our human hubris and desires, today's young readers are swept along as Gulliver finds himself a giant among tiny humans in Lilliput; a tiny human among giants in Brobdignag; on the flying island of Laputa, with its most impractical intellectuals; and finally in the land of the Houyhnhnms, talking horses who think precious little of human Yahoos. |
Target audience note |
9-12 years old. |
Language note |
Translated from the Italian. |
Subjects |
Gulliver, Lemuel(Fictitious character)Juvenile fiction |
Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction |
Voyages, Imaginary -- Juvenile fiction |
Stature -- Juvenile fiction |
Travelers -- Juvenile fiction |
Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction |
Children's stories |
Genre |
Action and adventure fiction |
Satire |
Other Names |
Oddi, Sara, 1984- illustrator. |
Adaptation of (work): Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Gulliver's travels |
Series |
Save the story |
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