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Delightful, delicious stories that appeal equally to adults and kids. Ian McEwan’s young protagonist, Peter Fortune, has a daydreaming habit—much the way most writers do or did in childhood. And every chapter is a daydreaming adventure. They are funny, moving, and impeccably written stories. The app Leggi tutto

ENGLISH ( The Daydreamer ) / ITALIANO The school duties of my daughter, 9 years old, for the Christmas break included, this year, also a book of her choice to read. I suggested her "The Daydreamer" (or the art of mastering the imagination). It was fun to hear her call me once in a while, saying: "DO YO Leggi tutto

When a novel starts out rather dreadfully but gradually and steadily improves I am never really sure if it is the author who is finding their footing or if it is me who is subconsciously lowering my expectations. Children’s books aren’t McEwen’s usual stock and trade and it shows. His early chapters Leggi tutto

Este livrinho é um conjunto de sete pequenos contos/sonhos de Peter Fortune, um miúdo de 10 anos, calado e que gostava de pensar, aliás, perdia-se em pensamentos. São histórias engraçadas e cheias de imaginação, vividas na cabeça de Peter e a que ele nos deixa ter acesso.

I wish I had read this edition with the cat on the cover! McEwan writes spare, playful, and meditative prose in this book for children and for adults meditating on what it means to be a child and what it means to lose childhood but not to lose imagination. Each chapter centers on the relationship be Leggi tutto

Il mio primo approccio con questo autore un flop . Proverò con altre opere.Una serie di racconti basati sullo stesso modus operandi: situazione di cambiamento, sogno per scappare dal mondo reale, " ritorno alla realtà al momento della risoluzione del problema.Letto il primo racconto, lo svolgersi de Leggi tutto

precious. had a splendid night by myself reading this and being no less of a daydreamer than Peter...