The boy with the cuckoo-clock heart / Mathias Malzieu ; translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2010]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st U.S. editionDescription: 171 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780307271686
- 0307271684
- Mécanique du cœur. English
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room | PQ2713.A374 M4313 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31560000027504 |
Originally published: La Mécanique du cœur. France : Flammarion, 2007.
Edinburgh, 1874. Born with a frozen heart, Jack is near death when his mother abandons him to the care of Dr. Madeleine--witch doctor, midwife, protector of orphans--who saves Jack by placing a cuckoo clock in his chest. And it is in her orphanage that Jack grows up among tear-filled flasks, eggs containing memories, and a man with a musical spine.
Translated from the French.
A fictional novel about a buy whose failinhg heart is replaced with a cuckoo clock movement.
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