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The porpoise : a novel / Mark Haddon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Doubleday, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 305 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780385544313
  • 0385544316
  • 9780525564409
  • 0525564403
  • 9780385692670
  • 0385692676
Related works:
  • Novelization of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Pericles
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The flight -- The child -- The porpoise -- The family -- The serpent -- The hunt -- The storm.
Summary: "A fantastical novel which reworks Shakespeare's 'Pericles' into a parable for today."-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Maja, the pregnant wife of wealthy Philippe, is killed in a plane crash but their daughter Angelica survives. Philippe's obsession with the girl's safety morphs into something sinister and grotesque as she grows into a beautiful teen. Darius, a con-artist visiting Philippe with a business proposition, encounters Angelica and decides to rescue her. The attempt goes awry, and he flees aboard a ship, The Porpoise. As Angelique comes to terms with a life imprisoned on her father's estate, Darius's exploits create parallels with the world Angelica inhabits. -- adapted from jacket
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Haddon, Mark Available 33111009675717
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In a bravura feat of storytelling, Mark Haddon calls upon narratives ancient and modern to tell the story of Angelica, a young woman trapped in an abusive relationship with her father. When a young man named Darius discovers their secret, he is forced to escape on a boat bound for the Mediterranean. To his surprise he finds himself travelling backwards over two thousand years to a world of pirates and shipwrecks, of plagues and miracles and angry gods. Moving seamlessly between the past and the present, Haddon conjures the worlds of Angelica and her would-be savior in thrilling fashion. As profound as it is entertaining, The Porpoise is a stirring and endlessly inventive novel from one of our finest storytellers.

"A fantastical novel which reworks Shakespeare's 'Pericles' into a parable for today."-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references.

The flight -- The child -- The porpoise -- The family -- The serpent -- The hunt -- The storm.

Maja, the pregnant wife of wealthy Philippe, is killed in a plane crash but their daughter Angelica survives. Philippe's obsession with the girl's safety morphs into something sinister and grotesque as she grows into a beautiful teen. Darius, a con-artist visiting Philippe with a business proposition, encounters Angelica and decides to rescue her. The attempt goes awry, and he flees aboard a ship, The Porpoise. As Angelique comes to terms with a life imprisoned on her father's estate, Darius's exploits create parallels with the world Angelica inhabits. -- adapted from jacket

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