''Anyone who reads or ever read children''s books - read this. It''s a joy.'' Irish Times ''Exhilarating.'' New York Times Book Review ''Sublime.'' Peter Ackroyd, The Times ** An Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian and Irish Times Book of the Year** What would you find if you went back and re-read your favourite books from childhood?In The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford revisits all those childhood obsessions: fairy tales; Where the Wild Things Are; The Lord of the Rings; The Chronicles of Narnia; Little House on the Prairie; The Wind in the Willows; The Earthsea Trilogy and moreIn these treasured tales Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness – the thrill as worlds of imagination opened up before him mixed with the memories of a boy who retreated into books when faced with a family tragedy. Format Häftad Omfång 224 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Faber & Faber Utgivningsdatum 2018-10-04 ISBN 9780571346790