Clockwork: Complete & Unabridged
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0754065731 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 497 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Almost like clockwork. Tick, tock, tick, tock! Some stories are like that. Once you've wend them up, nothing will stop them A tormented apprentice clock-maker, a deadly mechanical knight in armour - and the sinister Dr Kalmenius, who some say is the devil Wind up these characters, fit them into a story on a cold winter's evening, with the snow swirling down, and suddenly life and the story begin to merge in a peculiarly macabre - and unstoppable - way
"I loved this! I couldn't believe it was a children's" according to Sir Gordon. I loved this!I couldn't believe it was a children's book, that's how engaged I was. Perfect spooky bedtime story, for the older ones.. Underrated Masterpiece Even if you've never read anything by Phillip Pullman, BUY IT NOW. It's a beautiful, haunting, and understated little gem of a book. I first bought this book at around 8 or 9 and it was one of the first books (and boy do I read), that stuck with me. Sadly, I lost mine years ago. audrey frances said a fine fairy tale in the tradition of the Brothers Grimm. Having read and enjoyed Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, I decided to read this tale. It is definitely a fairy story in the tradition of the Brothers Grimm -- not for very young readers, but very entertaining for kids over 10, I'd say. Three interconnected stories revolv
Not surprisingly, Karl's Faustian pact brings him destruction, but an innocent child is the deus ex machina that saves another child and the spirit of the town from seemingly ineluctable oblivion. While Philip Pullman's greatest popularity is as a creator of novel-length magical realism for young adults, such as The Golden Compass, he continues to explore and stretch the limits of other children's and young adult genres. As the townspeople of Glockenheim gather in the White Horse Tavern on the eve of the unveiling of a new figure for their great town clock, Karl, the clockmaker's apprentice, reveals to Fritz, a young storyteller, that he has not been able to construct the figure. Clockwork is no exception. Fritz, in his turn, has the beginnings of a new story to tell, and as it rolls off his tongue