The boy with the cuckoo-clock heart / Mathias Malzieu ; translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2010]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st U.S. editionDescription: 171 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780307271686
  • 0307271684
Uniform titles:
  • Mécanique du cœur. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: 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.
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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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