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George Saunders The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
- Publication Name
- The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
- Title
- The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
- Illustrator
- Lane Smith
- Contributor
- Lane Smith (Illustrated by)
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0812989635
- EAN
- 9780812989632
- ISBN
- 9780812989632
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Fiction
- Release Year
- 2015
- Release Date
- 24/11/2015
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Topic
- Fantasy & Magic, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, General, Satire, Literary, Religion / General
- Number of Pages
- 96 Pages
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From the bestselling author of Tenth of December comes a splendid new edition of his acclaimed collaboration with the illustrator behind The Stinky Cheese Man and James and the Giant Peach Featuring fifty-two haunting and hilarious images, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is a modern fable for people of all ages that touches on the power of kindness, generosity, compassion, and community. In the seaside village of Frip live three families: the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her father. The economy of Frip is based solely on goat's milk, and this is a problem because the village is plagued by gappers: bright orange, many-eyed creatures the size of softballs that love to attach themselves to goats. When a gapper gets near a goat, it lets out a high-pitched shriek of joy that puts the goats off giving milk, which means that every few hours the children of Frip have to go outside, brush the gappers off their goats, and toss them into the sea. The gappers have always been everyone's problem, until one day they get a little smarter, and instead of spreading out, they gang up: on Capable's goats. Free at last of the tyranny of the gappers, will her neighbors rally to help her? Or will they turn their backs, forcing Capable to bear the misfortune alone? Featuring fifty-two haunting and hilarious illustrations by Lane Smith and a brilliant story by George Saunders that explores universal themes of community and kindness, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is a rich and resonant story for those that have all and those that have not. Praise for The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip "In a perfect world, every child would own a copy of this profound, funny fable. . . . Every adult would own a copy too, and would marvel at how this smart, subversive little book is even deeper and more hilarious than any child could know." -- Entertainment Weekly "Saunders's idiosyncratic voice makes an almost perfect accompaniment to children's book illustrator Smith's heightened characterizations and slightly surreal backdrops." --Publishers Weekly "A riveting, funny, and sly new fairy tale." -- Miami Herald
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812989635
ISBN-13
9780812989632
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215916419
Product Key Features
Book Title
Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy & Magic, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, General, Satire, Literary, Religion / General
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Fiction
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
Praise for George Saunders "No one writes more powerfully than George Saunders." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Saunders makes you feel as though you are reading fiction for the first time." --Khaled Hosseini "George Saunders is a complete original. . . . There is no one better, no one more essential to our national sense of self and sanity." --Dave Eggers "Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny." --Zadie Smith Praise for The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip "In a perfect world, every child would own a copy of this profound, funny fable. . . . Every adult would own a copy too, and would marvel at how this smart, subversive little book is even deeper and more hilarious than any child could know." -- Entertainment Weekly "Saunders's idiosyncratic voice makes an almost perfect accompaniment to children's book illustrator Smith's heightened characterizations and slightly surreal backdrops." --Publishers Weekly "A riveting, funny, and sly new fairy tale." -- Miami Herald, Praise for George Saunders "No one writes more powerfully than George Saunders." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Saunders makes you feel as though you are reading fiction for the first time." --Khaled Hosseini "George Saunders is a complete original. . . . There is no one better, no one more essential to our national sense of self and sanity." --Dave Eggers "Few people cut as hard or deep as Saunders does." --Junot Díaz "Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny." --Zadie Smith Praise for The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip "In a perfect world, every child would own a copy of this profound, funny fable. . . . Every adult would own a copy too, and would marvel at how this smart, subversive little book is even deeper and more hilarious than any child could know." -- Entertainment Weekly "Saunders's idiosyncratic voice makes an almost perfect accompaniment to children's book illustrator Smith's heightened characterizations and slightly surreal backdrops." --Publishers Weekly "A riveting, funny, and sly new fairy tale." -- Miami Herald
Illustrated by
Smith, Lane
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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