The Crane (New York Review Children's Collection) - Hardcover

Zimnik, Reiner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159017075X ISBN 13: 9781590170755

Publisher: New York Review of Books, 2003

Synopsis

In an ever-expanding city, one young man claims the job of his dreams, operator of the tallest crane around. Since others envy his position, he never leaves his crane, always eager for the day—and work—to begin.

As the seasons pass, man and machine almost become one. "The crane was a giant with iron sinews, and the craneman was its heart." Then people begin to hoard their goods, grinning ravens multiply throughout the land, and war is at hand. But the craneman never falters, remaining at his post even when the land is flooded, ready for reconstruction to begin.

About this title

About the Author:

Reiner Zimnik was born in Poland and began drawing—horses and knights, mostly—at the age of five. At the end of the Second World War, he and his family left for the West, settling in Germany. After apprenticing as a cabinet-maker, Zimnik studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, and has since written and illustrated many books for children, including The Bear and the People and The Bear on the Motorcycle.

About this edition

• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 159017075X
• ISBN 13: 9781590170755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 98
• Illustrator: Zimnik Reiner