Norton Juster (1929–2021)
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Obras de Norton Juster
AS: A Surfeit of smiles 1 copia
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Juster, Norton
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1929-06-02
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2021-03-08
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- complications of a stroke
- Lugares de residencia
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK - Educación
- University of Liverpool (Fulbright Scholar)
University of Pennsylvania (BA|1952 - Architecture) - Ocupaciones
- architect
historian
children's book author
professor (Architecture and Environmental Design) - Organizaciones
- Hampshire College
Juster Pope Associates
United States Navy
Miembros
Debates
Group Read: The Phantom Tollbooth en The Green Dragon (noviembre 2016)
Boy and a literal Watchdog explore in a kind of crazy world en Name that Book (Enero 2016)
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- Obras
- 19
- También por
- 6
- Miembros
- 22,460
- Popularidad
- #944
- Valoración
- 4.3
- Reseñas
- 884
- ISBNs
- 155
- Idiomas
- 11
- Favorito
- 17
Just a few weeks of indecision later, I was conducting my usual inspection of the local secondhand bookshop and its treasures, when suddenly, my eyes landed on this very book that Amazon was convincing me to buy! Obviously, the price was just peanuts. So I just threw my uncertainty away and bought it.
Today, I am so tremendously happy that I followed my heart. Though "The Phantom Tollbooth" is a children's fantasy adventure novel, it is so fabulously written that every adult who is a child at heart will be able to enjoy this.
Choc-a-bloc with fantastically ridiculous characters & places with the silliest possible and yet totally apt names, the book keeps you on your toes, your mind constantly active looking for the myriad metaphors and subtle life lessons being imparted in so jesting a manner. The book is thoroughly humorous and very intelligently written; you keep admiring the author's imagination and grasp of the language.
Although the book would be a great read-aloud to children aged 8 and above, the vocabulary is really extensive, plus a lot of the intelligent humour would be lost on this age group. So I'd say, great independent read for ages 11 plus (with no upper age limit. Every logophile will love this book!)
Of course, the biggest joke was on me. I assumed this to be the work of a new author as I had heard neither of the book nor of the author, Norton Juster, prior to the Amazon push notification. Turns out that the book was first published in 1961! It's sad how some classics simply pass by you without your being aware of their existence.
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