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Fantasy.
Fiction.
Thriller.
HTML:??A modern suburban fantasy . . . There are quests and complications, conflicts and charms. . . . Card??s back in top form, doing as well as or better than any of his fantasy work so far.???The San Diego Union-Tribune In a prosperous African American neighborhood in Los Angeles, infant Mack Street is found abandoned in an overgrown park and taken in by a blunt-speaking single woman. Growing up, Mack senses that he is different from most, and knows that he has strange powers. Yet he cannot possibly understand how unusual he is until the day he discovers, beyond a mysterious narrow house no one else can see, an entryway into a magical world. Passing through, Mack is plunged into a realm where time and reality are skewed, a place where his actions seem to have disturbing effects in the ??real world.? Whether he likes it or not, Mack has become a player in an epic drama. His reward, if he can survive the trip, is discovering not only who he really is . . . but why he exists. Praise for Magic Street ??A great read . . . Card??s take on his characters [is] as sure as ever, his narrative rock solid, his dialogue crackling and authentic.???Los Angeles Times Book Review
??[Card] is a master at creating a sense of urgency that keeps you turning pages.???The Charlotte Observer
??Mind-bending . . . Card??s clever tale comes with sharp writing and crisp dialogue.???The Tampa Tribune
??Compelling . . . By the time the ultimate conflict comes into focus, the novel is propelling the reader forward like a bullet.???Deseret Morning News ??A suspenseful fantasy thriller that, during the race to the last page, has one mulling over… (más)
De manera misteriosa, Mack Street percibe que es distinto de los demás niños de su calle. Aunque sabe que ha sido adoptado, desconoce su verdadero origen. Pero cuando alguien es capaz de soñar los sueños de sus vecinos, la fantasía y la magia pueden entrar en la vida cotidiana y, en manos de un brillante escritor como Orson Scott Card, mezclarse con el antiguo y ya clásico enfrentamiento de amor y odio entre Oberón y Titania, el rey y la reina de las hadas.
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
To Aaron and Lauren Johnston, Who show us that magic can be funny and hopeful- a light in the darkness, conjured out of love
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The old man was walking along the side of the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, gripping a fistful of plastic grocery bags.
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You will not die alone, Ura Lee Smitcher, they said to her. There will be two men beside you ... An LAPD cop and a preacher from a storefront church; they'll ... remind you .. [of] the son you raised, the boy who never existed in the world, and yet who saved it.
Fantasy.
Fiction.
Thriller.
HTML:??A modern suburban fantasy . . . There are quests and complications, conflicts and charms. . . . Card??s back in top form, doing as well as or better than any of his fantasy work so far.???The San Diego Union-Tribune In a prosperous African American neighborhood in Los Angeles, infant Mack Street is found abandoned in an overgrown park and taken in by a blunt-speaking single woman. Growing up, Mack senses that he is different from most, and knows that he has strange powers. Yet he cannot possibly understand how unusual he is until the day he discovers, beyond a mysterious narrow house no one else can see, an entryway into a magical world. Passing through, Mack is plunged into a realm where time and reality are skewed, a place where his actions seem to have disturbing effects in the ??real world.? Whether he likes it or not, Mack has become a player in an epic drama. His reward, if he can survive the trip, is discovering not only who he really is . . . but why he exists. Praise for Magic Street ??A great read . . . Card??s take on his characters [is] as sure as ever, his narrative rock solid, his dialogue crackling and authentic.???Los Angeles Times Book Review
??[Card] is a master at creating a sense of urgency that keeps you turning pages.???The Charlotte Observer
??Mind-bending . . . Card??s clever tale comes with sharp writing and crisp dialogue.???The Tampa Tribune
??Compelling . . . By the time the ultimate conflict comes into focus, the novel is propelling the reader forward like a bullet.???Deseret Morning News ??A suspenseful fantasy thriller that, during the race to the last page, has one mulling over
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