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Lädt ... Skellig (Original 1998; 2001. Auflage)von David Almond
Werk-InformationenZeit des Mondes. SZ Junge Bibliothek Band 45 von David Almond (1998)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Sono ancora molto perplessa riguardo a questo romanzo. Mi è piaciuto il suo soffermarsi sull'amicizia, sulla diversità, sulla malattia e il suo aggiungere un pizzico di magia alla quotidianità. Non mi è piaciuto per niente, invece, l'insinuare che la discendenza dell'uomo dalla scimmia sia qualcosa di disonorevole. Perché dovrebbe esserlo? Perché discendere (ipoteticamente) dagli angeli dovrebbe essere meglio? Perché forse sono più carini? Be', le scimmie non saranno esteriormente gradevoli come gli angeli, ma gli esseri umani sono il prodotto più alto del processo di evoluzione sulla Terra. Questo non vuol dire che siano perfetti (come lo sono gli angeli): anzi, siamo altamente imperfetti (per fortuna, aggiungerebbe Rita Levi-Montalcini, e sono d'accordo con lei). Quindi, per favore, niente scapole che sarebbero ali di angeli atrofizzate. Sto facendo la stronza e uccidendo tutta la poesia? Bah, non c'è poesia qui, solo illusione. READING LEVEL: 3.5 AR POINTS: 4.0 (Ages 9-12, grades 4-7) This was a very strange story that I didn’t quite understand. I found it another dark story by David Almond and don't believe I'm quite a fan of his writing. Skellig is the man Michael found sitting in the corner of their garage and covered in cobwebs, bluebottles and dust. He was part man, part owl and part angel, but what kind of angel? He had dark matted hair and wearing black clothes. His skin was white, dry and cracked. His eyes were dark but gentle. He had wings, but he appeared to be dying and was riddled with arthritis. He was cocky and talked kind of mean with total hopelessness. Michael and his friend fed him what the creature considered the “food of the gods”...Chinese food and beer. Otherwise, he had been living off of spiders and creepy crawlies in the garage. This doesn’t actually sound like a “heavenly” being, hence the confusion about where this story was really going. Michael and his friend, Mina, seem to both have some kind of spiritual intuitive abilities and befriend this creature. They even love this creature. They help, along with a couple of owls, to nurture him back to health. Before the creature left, to who knows where, he joins them in a circle and looking deep into their eyes, they seem to go into some kind of trance and float and Michael and Mina grow wings temporarily. Once they return to the ground, their wings are gone. I never understood the meaning of this. This dark creature later goes to the hospital where Michael’s baby sister is about to have heart surgery. He picks her up and she smiles into her eyes and she smiles back, then suddenly has baby wings. He then puts her back into her bed. Michael’s mother witnessed the whole thing but thought she was dreaming. So, he’s a nice angel but a dark looking angel. I still don’t know the meaning of this man-creature. Is he a fallen angel? Is the angel of death? What is he exactly that even the owls feed him to keep him alive? And what was the purpose of giving them wings for a moment? I better stick to real stories from now on cause I obviously don't have a very good imagination...lol Un clásico imprescindible a medio camino entre lo real y lo fantástico. En el garaje de la nueva casa, Michael descubre algo mágico: una criatura extraordinaria que parece necesitar ayuda. Su nombre es Skellig y le encanta la comida china y la cerveza negra. Nunca sabremos exactamente qué es; tampoco lo sabrá Michael. Pero lo importante, para él y para su hermana pequeña suspendida entre la vida y la muerte en el hospital, es que Skellig está allí. Como escribe Nick Hornby, Skellig es una «historia maravillosamente simple pero terriblemente complicada (…) es un libro para niños porque es accesible y porque los protagonistas son niños, pero créanme, también es un libro para ustedes, porque es un libro para todos, y el autor lo sabe». Skellig nos recuerda las mejores películas de Tim Burton y sabe a las mejores aventuras de Roald Dahl. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Rez.: Michael, der Ich-Erzähler, ist mit seinen Eltern in ein renovierungsbedürftiges Haus gezogen. Doch es gibt Schlimmeres als Durcheinander und Dreck: Seine Schwester, das "Küken", wie sie das Baby zärtlich nennen, wurde zu früh geboren und hat einen Herzfehler. Bis es zur Operation kommt und die Eltern sich wieder um Michael kümmern können, ist er sich überlassen - und der geheimnisvollen Entdeckung in der verfallenden Garage. Skellig hockt dort, ein Tier? Nein, eher ein Mensch mit krächzender Stimme und seltsamen Schulterblättern. Flügen wachsen ihm. Michael und das Mädchen Mina nehmen sich des Wesens an. Sie füttern Skellig, bringen ihn zu einer neuen Bleibe unter dem Dach, den Käuzchen nahe, denen er sich verwandt fühlt. Nicht das seltsame Geschehen, sondern die Stimmung, von der es lebt, macht die Faszination dieses geheimnisvollen, gespenstischen Romans aus, der in England hohe Auszeichnungen erhielt. Dialogreich und frisch erzählt, dabei von fremdartiger, finsterer Spannung, lässt er den Leser nicht los. Für Freunde etwa von Joan Aiken empfehlenswert.
Michael entdeckt ein seltsames, unheimliches Wesen in der Garage. Er vertraut sich Mina an und kümmert sich fortan gemeinsam mit ihr um "Skellig". Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This is an unexpectedly touching story. Michael’s intense worry for his baby sister manifests in acts of kindness toward the creature in the garage. Old soul Mina is a source of comfort for Michael and understands him in a way that only another child can. The author’s audio narration captures the innocence and awe of these children. My only reservation about this story is the occasional cursing. It would have been out of place in the home I grew up in and among my elementary school classmates. ( )