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Lädt ... Young Tom; or, Very mixed company (1944)von Forrest Reid
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'One of the most original and most perfect works of imagination of our time' - Edwin Muir, The Listener 'A unique achievement in modern literature' - John Boyd 'It has a charm and freshness, it is beautifully written' - James Hanley, New English Weekly Young Tom (1944) completes the trilogy of novels featuring Tom Barber, which began with Uncle Stephen (1931) and The Retreat (1936), and it is probably Forrest Reid's finest achievement. Acclaim from contemporary critics was unanimous, and the book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize as the best novel of the year. In many ways, ten-year-old Tom is like other boys: his life centres on his parents, school, and his best friend Pascoe. But he also has another existence, equally real, in his dreams and imagination. In this novel, we follow him as he plays with his three canine companions, Barker, Pincher and Roger, befriends and communicates with a rat and a squirrel, and tries to find out what happened to Ralph Seaford, the dead boy whose ghost now haunts Tom's grandmother's attic. In exquisite prose, without sentimentality, exaggeration, or a single false note, Reid brings to life Tom, his greatest creation, and accomplishes the difficult feat of allowing readers to revisit and experience anew the wonders and mysteries of childhood. This edition features a new introduction by Andrew Doyle and a selection of never-before-published photographs. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This novel is the third part of his "Tom" trilogy, published in 1944. The three parts were written in reverse chronological order: in this one we meet Tom at the age of eleven, living an idyllic life in rural Ireland in his last summer of freedom before starting proper school. It's all very Natural History, full of early-20th century charm (you half expect Romany of the BBC to turn up with his gypsy caravan and tape recorder). If you can get past the dogs, squirrels and water-rats — beware: they talk (Reid was a fan of the Doctor Doolittle books) — then there is a charming and innocent friendship with a farm boy that may or may not be suggestive, but you may well feel as though you're drowning slowly in syrup before you ever get that far.