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Harris, Joanne

 
9780857521194: A Cat, a Hat, and a Piece of String, A
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ISBN 10: 0857521195 ISBN 13: 9780857521194
Editorial: Doubleday, 2012

Sinopsis

Stories are like Russian dolls; open them up, and in each one you'll find another story. Conjured from a wickedly imaginative pen, here is a new collection of short stories that showcases Joanne Harris' exceptional talent as a teller of tales, a spinner of yarns. Sensuous, mischievous, uproarious and wry, these are tales that combine the everyday with the unexpected; wild fantasy with bittersweet reality. Come to the house where it is Christmas all year round; meet the ghost who lives on a Twitter timeline; be spooked by a new born baby created with sugar, spice and lashings of cake; worry for a young girl in the Congo who rides the rapids to earn a crust of bread; and spy on Norse gods battling each other for survival in modern Manhattan. In her first short-story collection since "Jigs & Reels", let Joanne Harris ensnare and delight you with the variety and inventiveness of her storytelling.

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Joanne Harris is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of over twenty novels. Her Whitbread-shortlisted novel Chocolat was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is the author of several other bestsellers, including The Lollipop Shoes, Peaches for Monsieur Le Curé and The Strawberry Thief. She has also written acclaimed novels in such diverse genres as fantasy based on Norse myth (Runemarks, Runelight, The Gospel of Loki), and the Malbry cycle of dark psychological thrillers (Gentlemen & Players, Blueeyedboy, and Different Class).

Born in Barnsley, of an English father and a French mother, she spent fifteen years as a teacher before (somewhat reluctantly) becoming a full-time writer. In 2013, she was awarded an MBE, and in 2022 an OBE. She lives in Yorkshire, plays bass and flute in a band first formed when she was sixteen, and works in a shed in her garden. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and served for four years as Chair of the Society of Authors. She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate.

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Editorial
Doubleday
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0857521195
ISBN 13 
9780857521194
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
288
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9780552778794: A Cat, A Hat And A Piece Of String - Format B: a spellbinding collection of unforgettable short stories from Joanne Harris, the bestselling author of Chocolat

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ISBN 10:  0552778796 ISBN 13:  9780552778794
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