T.S. Spivet is a 12 year old genius mapmaker who lives on a ranch in Montana. His father is a silent cowboy and his mother is a scientist who for the last twenty years has been looking for a mythical species of beetle. His brother has gone, his sister seems normal but might not be, and his dog - Verywell - is going mad. t's odd, but then families are. T.S. makes sense of it all by drawing beautiful, meticulous maps kept in innumerable colour-coded notebooks- maps of the countryside, maps of his family's behaviour, maps of animal and plant life. He is brilliant, and the Smithsonian Institution agrees, though when they telephone with news that he has won a major scientific prize they don't suspect for a minute that he is twelve. So begins T S's life-changing adventure, fleeing in the dead of night, riding freight-trains two thousand miles across America - how else do 12 year olds get to Washington D.C? - to reach the awards dinner, the fame, the secret-society membership and the TV appearances that beckon. But is this what he wants? Do maps and lists explain the world? And why are adults so strange? THE SELCTED WORDS OF T.S. SPIVET is a story like no other- exhilarating, funny, e
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Reif Larsen studied at Brown University and has taught at Columbia University, where he received his MFA in fiction. He is also a filmmaker and has made documentaries in the United States, United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Condición: Como nuevo. : Sumérgete en la mente de T.S. Spivet, un joven genio cartógrafo de 12 años que vive en un rancho en Montana. Su padre, un vaquero de pocas palabras, y su madre, una científica en busca de una especie mítica de escarabajo, complementan su peculiar familia. A través de hermosos y meticulosos mapas, T.S. intenta dar sentido al mundo que le rodea, desde el paisaje hasta el comportamiento de su familia. Cuando el Smithsonian Institution le otorga un prestigioso premio científico, T.S. se embarca en una aventura que le cambiará la vida, huyendo a través de América para recibir su galardón. Esta conmovedora historia explora los misterios de la vida a través de los ojos de un niño brillante y observador. EAN: 9781846552786 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet Autor: Reif Larsen Editorial: Random House UK Idioma: en Páginas: 385 Formato: tapa blanda. Nº de ref. del artículo: Happ-2023-11-20-0400c3c1
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