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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.65. Seller Inventory # G0143020897I3N00
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 246 pages.An inventive and original novel from this multi-awa rd-winning author. Lloyd Jones' new novel is set mainly in a smal l village on Bougainville, a country torn apart by civil war. Mat hilda attends the school set up by Mr Watts, the only white man o n the island. By his own admission he's not much of a teacher and proceeds to educate the children by reading them Great Expectati ons. Mathilda falls in love with the novel, strongly identifying with Pip. The promise of the next chapter is what keeps her going ; Pip's story protects her from the horror of what is happening a round her - helicopters menacing the skies above the village and rebel raids on the ground. When the rebels visit the village sear ching for any remaining men to join their cause, they discover th e name Pip written in the sand and instigate a search for him. Wh en Pip can't be found the soldiers destroy the book. Mr Watts the n encourages the children to retell the story from their memories . Then when the rebels invade the village, the teacher tells them a story which lasts seven nights, about a boy named Pip, and a c onvict.Years later, when she has fled the island for Australia, Matilda reaches for a copy of Great Expectations in the school l ibrary and realises that Mr Watts was reading them his own versio n of the text, another 'invention' of the original. Later she pur sues Mr Watts's memory to Wellington, New Zealand, and that of Di ckens and Pip to London and Gravesend. Jones frames Matilda's sto ry with Pip's story and so creates a Pacific Great Expectations. Mister Pip explores notions of storytelling, and the role of imag ination in inventing the self. Lloyd Jones always surprises, neve r stands still. This is inspired storytelling. Seller Inventory # 56s
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Lloyd Jones' new novel is set mainly in a small village on Bougainville, a country torn apart by civil war. . Matilda attends the school set up by Mr Watts, the only white man on the island. By his own admission he's not much of a teacher and proceeds to educate the children by reading them Great Expectations. Matilda falls in love with the novel, strongly identifying with Pip. The promise of the next chapter is what keeps her going; Pip's story protects her from the horror of what is happening around her - helicopters menacing the skies above the village and rebel raids on the ground. When the rebels visit the village searching for any remaining men to join their cause, they discover the name Pip written in the sand and instigate a search for him. When Pip can't be found the soldiers destroy the book. Mr Watts then encourages the children to retell the story from their memories. Then when the rebels invade the village, the teacher tells them a story which lasts seven nights, about a boy named Pip, and a convict . . . 220 pages. Seller Inventory # 1467491