The Giver

ISBN-13: 9780007578498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 240 str.

Lois Lowry

Opis

It's a perfect world, where everything looks right. But ugly truths lie beneath. In a future society, life appears civilised and ordered. But when 12-year-old Jonas is given the job of 'Receiver of Memories' he realises the horrible truth that lies behind the perfect facade.

Recenzje

"The Giver, a powerful and provocative novel, is sure to keep older children reading and thinking." New York Times

"Lowry is once again in top form - raising many questions while answering few, and unwinding a tale fit for the most adventurous readers."
Publishers Weekly

O autorze

LOIS LOWRY, author of over thirty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal for The Giver and Number the Stars,was born on the 20th of March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. She went to Brown University, but left to get married and a raise a family of four children. She settled in Maine, and returned to college receiving a degree from the University of Southern Maine. She fulfilled a childhood dream when she started writing in the 1970s.