Reif Larsen: The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Short description

T. S. Spivat, mit einer etwas verschrobenen Familie und dem Talent ein brillianter Kartenzeichner zu sein, gewinnt einen hochdotierten Wissenschaftspreis. Doch niemand ahnt, dass er erst 12 Jahre alt ist. A loveable, totally original story of one boy's epic journey

Review

"Here is a book that does the impossible: it combines Mark Twain, Thomas Pynchon, and Little Miss Sunshine . Good novels entertain; great ones come as a gift to the readers who are lucky enough to find them. This book is a treasure" Stephen King

Blurb

T. S. Spivet is a genius mapmaker who lives on a ranch in Montana. His father is a silent cowboy and his mother is a scientist who for the last twenty years has been looking for a mythical species of beetle. His brother has gone his sister seems normal but might not be and his dog - Verywell - is going mad. T. S. makes sense of it all by drawing beautiful meticulous maps kept in innumerable colour-coded notebooks. He is brilliant and the Smithsonian Institution agrees though when they award him a major scientific prize they don't suspect for a moment that he is twelve years old. So begins T. S.'s life-changing adventure travelling two thousand miles across America to reach the awards dinner the secret-society membership and the TV interviews that beckon. But is this what he wants? Do maps and lists explain the world? And why are adults so strange?