In a not-so-distant future when lions are extinct Jachin-Boaz, a middle-aged mapmaker, leaves home with the wonderful map that was to tell his son where to find everything. In the ruins of a palace at Nineveh, his son Boaz-Jachin finds the wall-carving of a great lion dying on the spear of an ancient king. In a series of rituals, he evokes the long-dead lion and sends him out to stalk his father. Then he follows on the lion's track.
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In a not-so-distant future when lions are extinct Jachin-Boaz, a middle-aged mapmaker, leaves home with the wonderful map that was to tell his son where to find everything. In the ruins of a palace at Nineveh, his son Boaz-Jachin finds the wall-carving of a great lion dying on the spear of an ancient king.
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Hoban's fantastical novel, published to coincide with paperback of the controversial ANGELICA'S GROTTO, along with a second backlist title TURTLE DIARY. 'He is an original, imaginative and inventive. Though some of his work has been compared with that of Tolkein and C. S. Lewis, he is his own man, working his own vein of magical fantasy' SUNDAY TIMES 'It is magic at work Funny as well as beautiful' IRISH TIMES
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780747549086
Publisert
2000-09-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Vekt
150 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
192

Forfatter

Biographical note

Russell Hoban is the author of many extraordinary novels including TURTLE DIARY, RIDDLEY WALKER, MR RINYO-CLACTION'S OFFER and most recently, ANGELICA'S GROTTO . He has also written some classic books for children including THE MOUSE AND HIS CHILD and THE FRANCES books. He lives in London.