Name: Chocky
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Author: Wyndham, John ; Atwood, Margaret
ISBN: 9781590178522

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Wyndham

Epilogue by

Margaret Atwood

Publisher

New York Review of Books

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

176

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9781590178522

Synopsis "Chocky "

Featuring an afterword by Margaret Atwood This quirky alien-meets-boy story "remains fresh and disturbing in an entirely unexpected way"--for fans of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (The Guardian). A pioneering science-fiction master confronts an enigma as strange as anything found in his classic works, The Day of the Triffids or The Chrysalids the mind of a child. It's not terribly unusual for a boy to have an imaginary friend, but Matthew's parents have to agree that his--nicknamed Chocky--is anything but ordinary. Why, Chocky demands to know, are there twenty-four hours in a day? Why are there two sexes? Why can't Matthew solve his math homework using a logical system like binary code? When the questions Chocky asks become too advanced and, frankly, too odd for teachers to answer, Matthew's parents start to wonder if Chocky might be something far stranger than a figment of their son's imagination. Chocky, the last novel Wyndham published during his life, is a playful investigation of what being human is all about, delving into such matters as child-rearing, marriage, learning, artistic inspiration--and ending with a surprising and impassioned plea for better human stewardship of the earth.

Margaret Atwood

(Epilogue by)

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Margaret Atwood (Ottawa, 1939) is one of the most prestigious writers on the international scene. A prolific author translated into more than forty languages, she has practiced all literary genres. Among her extensive output, the novels The Heart Goes Last, Alias Grace, The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments, Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, Maddaddam, and Cat's Eye stand out, as well as the short story collection Stone Mattress and the essays The Penelopiad and Payback, all published by Salamandra. She has received, among others, the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, the Governor General's Award, the Order of Arts and Letters, the Booker Prize (on two occasions), the Montale Prize, the Nelly Sachs Prize, the Giller Prize, the National Arts Club Literary Award, the Franz Kafka International Prize, and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.

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