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The Swallowed Man

✍ Scribed by Edward Carey

Book ID: 111673109
Year: 2021
Tongue: English
Weight: 572 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9780593188873

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The ingenious storyteller Edward Carey returns to reimagine a time-honored fable: the story of an impatient father, a rebellious son, and a watery path to forgiveness for the young man known as Pinocchio
In the small Tuscan town of Collodi, a lonely woodcarver longs for the companionship of a son. One day, "as if the wood commanded me," Giuseppe—better known as Geppetto—carves for himself a pinewood boy, a marionette he hopes to take on tour worldwide. But when his handsome new creation comes magically to life, Geppetto screams . . . and the boy, Pinocchio, leaps from his arms and escapes into the night. Though he returns the next day, the wily boy torments his father, challenging his authority and making up...M.F

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