Pierre's Not There
- 208pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
A girl who transforms into a dog, a magic puppet show with the power to change lives and a story about the mysteries of the imagination from Ursula Dubosarsky, the Australian Children's Laureate.
Ursula Dubosarsky Libri
La scrittura di Ursula Dubosarsky approfondisce il toccante passaggio dell'infanzia e il suo inevitabile trascorrere. Le sue narrazioni esplorano spesso le esperienze di giovani protagonisti mentre osservano, interrogano e crescono, cambiando fondamentalmente man mano che i loro anni formativi si allontanano. Dubosarsky cattura il delicato equilibrio tra riflessione personale e lezioni di vita più ampie, notando come le influenze plasmino le vite dei giovani. Il suo lavoro offre un ritratto sensibile della crescita e dell'impatto duraturo di queste esperienze trasformative.
The Golden Day
- 160pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
The Vietnam War rages overseas but back home, in a year that begins with the hanging of one man and ends with the drowning of another, 11 schoolgirls embrace their own chilling history when their teacher abruptly goes missing during a school outing. Who was the mysterious poet they had met in the garden? What actually happened in the seaside cave that day? And most important, who can they tell about it? In beautifully crafted prose that shimmers and fades, Ursula Dubosarsky reveals how a single shared experience can alter the course of young lives for ever
The Red Shoe
- 192pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
Three sisters growing up in post-World War II Sydney, Australia, deal with their mentally unstable father, their possibly unfaithful mother, and the defecting Russian spy who lives next door.
Um die Liebe seiner Ehefrau zu testen, erfindet der Opernsänger Elkanah ein Engagement in Philadelphia, das die Familie zum Umzug zwingen würde. Während sich der Rest der Familie damit abfindet, hat die Lüge unerwartete Konsequenzen für den sensiblen Samuel, der Australien nicht verlassen möchte. In seiner Not wendet er sich an seinen Großvater Elias. Da dieser als Jude aus Nazideutschland geflohen ist, ist für ihn die Vorstellung einer „Deportation“ furchtbar. Außerdem verbindet ihn eine besondere Beziehung zu seinem Enkel. Elias fasst kurzerhand den Entschluss, Samuel zu entführen und ihn so bei sich zu behalten – eine Entscheidung, die für Samuel beinahe das Todesurteil bedeutet …