What Makes a Child Lucky (Uncorrected Proof)

Gioia Timpanelli

ISBN 10: 0393067025 / ISBN 13: 9780393067026

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2008

About this Item

UNCORRECTED PROOF. A near-fine copy, with very light edgewear. "3.55" ink note on upper-left corners of both rear cover and front pastedown. A clean, tight copy with solid binding.

Seller Inventory # FLAHIVE-828

Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Makes a Child Lucky (Uncorrected Proof)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393067025
• ISBN 13: 9780393067026
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

A luminous story of danger and survival.

In a timeless moment in rural Sicily, a boy experiences the brutal killing of his best friend and is kidnapped by the murderers. No child should have to know evil so intimately, and yet once he does, what will save him?His salvation lies in the cycles of the seasons, the sturdy earth and its gifts of lentils and wild asparagus in a time of starvation, the animal sense that enables one to anticipate the whims and impulses of others, and, most important, familiarity with the Ancient Grandmother, who knows the entire play of good and evil. If he can trust her―the gang's cook, a fierce woman of great practical wisdom and humanity―he will escape the grip of perpetual violence. Or so we learn from the beguiling old couple who narrate this story.Uniting the most ancient forms of storytelling with a modern sensibility, Gioia Timpanelli's work is a national treasure―a joy to read, clear and resonant and satisfying. 8 illustrations

About the Author

Gioia Timpanelli has performed and presented world literature and poetry for NPR, PBS, and groups and conferences nationwide and internationally. Her first book of fiction, Sometimes the Soul, won the American Book Award. She lives in Woodstock, New York.