Little King December

Hacke, Axel. Sowa, Michael. Davidson, Rosemary

ISBN 10: 0747558183 / ISBN 13: 9780747558187

Published by London : Bloomsbury, 2002

About this Item

Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 58p. : col. ill. ; 21cm. Notes: Translated from the German by Rosemary Davidson. Subjects: Kings and rulers ; Juvenile fiction. Fairy tales ; Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 285754

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Little King December
• Publisher: London : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747558183
• ISBN 13: 9780747558187
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

About this title

Synopsis

For some time now, I've been getting visits, every now and again, from December II, the little pot-bellied king. He's about three inches tall and so fat that he can't button up his tiny red velvet coat with the magnificent ermine collar. "Little King December" comes from a place where, the day you are born, you wake up fully grown and fully clothed, in a suit, say. And that very first day of your life you go into your office, do some deals, write a computer programme, or sell foreign rights in a first novel. You are born big, knowing everything, but every day you get a little bit smaller and you forget a little bit more, so that at the end of your life you are tiny, and you spend your days forgetting things, eating jelly bears and chasing shadows in the garden. King December lives in a tiny room in a hole in the wall, the shelves piled high with countless colourful boxes, full of his dreams.

About the Author

Axel Hacke writes weekly for the Suddeutsche Zeitung. His books including THE LITTLE KING DECEMBER are bestsellers in Germany and have been translated into several languages. Michael Sowa lives in Berlin and has been an acclaimed freelance artist since 1975.