β Scribed by Spufford, Francis
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Children's books - from Narnia to The Hobbit - are celebrated in this enlightened examination of the joys of childhood reading.
Fairy tales and Where the Wild Things Are , The Lord of the Rings and the Narnia books,Little House on the Prairie and The Earthsea Trilogy. What would you find if you went back and re-read your favourite books from childhood? Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness, in this widely celebrated memoir of a boy who retreats into books, faced with a tragedy in his family.
'A beautifully composed and wholly original memoir, sounding the classics of children's literature.' David Sexton,Evening Standard
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'Exuberant and serious, funny and sophisticated, this memoir of reading and childhood is a delight.' Andrea Ashworth
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