Robyn Schneider's The Beginning of Everything is a witty and heart-wrenching teen novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and classics like The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye. Varsity tennis captain Ezra Faulkner was supposed to be homecoming king, but that was before--before his girlfriend cheated on him, before a car accident shattered his leg, and before he fell in love with unpredictable new girl Cassidy Thorpe. As Kirkus said in a starred review, Schneider takes familiar stereotypes and infuses them with plenty of depth. Here are teens who could easily trade barbs and double entendres with the characters that fill John Green's novels. Funny, smart, and including everything from flash mobs to blanket forts to a poodle who just might be the reincarnation of Jay Gatsby, The Beginning of Everything is a refreshing contemporary twist on the classic coming-of-age novel--a heart-wrenching sto...
Esta novela conjuga las mejores virtudes de un relato sentimental con la capacidad evocadora de un lugar y una época: Barcelona durante el franquismo de los años cuarenta. Rara especie de fresco minimalista y microscópico, es un mural no de los grandes episodios nacionales, sino de la gesta de una pareja, relatada con cariño e inteligencia a través de la que compartimos la experiencia de toda una generación: el auténtico {ethos} de la Época, de la "vida sin vida" de los grises años cuarenta en Cataluña. La sutil voz poética de Nuria Amat y su depuradísima composición casi musical dotan a esta novela de una delicadeza que no la priva de profundidad y fuerza.
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- Paperback | 298 pages
- 146.05 x 215.9 x 19.05mm | 362.87g
- 01 Feb 2002
- EDICIONES ERA S.A. DE C.V.
- Spanish
- 9684115385
- 9789684115385
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