Emil And The Detectives

ISBN-13: 9780099413127 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 224 str.

Erich Kastner

Opis

If his mother had known the amazing adventures Emil was going to have in Berlin, she would never have let him go. But when his money goes missing on the train, Emil's determination to get it back leads him to team up with the detectives he meets in Berlin - and that was just the start.

Recenzje

First published in 1929, this is an exciting story about a boy who loses some money and, along with a group of new friends, manages to corner the thief. Michael Rosen S Magazine, Sunday Express

O autorze

Erich Kästner was born in Dresden in 1899, the son of a saddle maker and a maidservant. He was drafted into the army in 1917, and his experiences there were to influence his later pacifism. He published Emil and the Detectives in 1928 to great success. A sequel, Emil and the Three Twins, appeared in 1933, but soon afterwards his books were labelled "contrary to the German spirit" and burned in public by the Nazis. He was interviewed by the Gestapo several times, but remained in Berlin until 1945, when he fled the city to avoid the Soviet assault. After the war he continued to write and remained committed to anti-war movements until his death in 1974.