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Kensington Gardens
By
Natasha Wimmer and
Rodrigo Fresan
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date
June 13, 2006
Pages
370
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Italian edition
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374181017
ISBN-10
0374181012
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.45 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$25.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Surviving the deaths of his 1960s rock-star parents to become a famous children's author, Peter Hook recounts to a typecast child actor both his own past and the story of J. M. Barrie, lives marked by shadow identities, suicide, and lost boys.
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Over the course of one night, Peter tells his life storyâand that of J. M. Barrie, creator of Peter Panâto the child actor cursed with playing Jim Yang in the movies. Gradually, a fantastical and terrible tale emerges, a tale of shadow identities and suicide, lost boys and foundlings. Moving between the Edwardian
age and Swinging London, Kensington Gardens is an exploration of the charms and perils of nostalgia and childrenâs literature from one of Latin Americaâs most celebrated young novelists.
A tale of two Londons, and two writers obsessed with Peter Pan, from one of Latin Americaâs most playful and stylish novelists
A childrenâs writer unreels a shocking confession in Rodrigo Fresánâs dazzling English-language debut. Known to millions by his pen name, Peter Hook, Fresánâs hero has survived the death of his rock-star parents, and a childhood surrounded by 1960s excess, to become the most successful childrenâs author of his generation, best loved as the creator of the time-traveling boy Jim Yang.
A childrenâs writer unreels a shocking confession in Rodrigo Fresánâs dazzling English-language debut. Known to millions by his pen name, Peter Hook, Fresánâs hero has survived the death of his rock-star parents, and a childhood surrounded by 1960s excess, to become the most successful childrenâs author of his generation, best loved as the creator of the time-traveling boy Jim Yang.
Over the course of one night, Peter tells his life storyâand that of J. M. Barrie, creator of Peter Panâto the child actor cursed with playing Jim Yang in the movies. Gradually, a fantastical and terrible tale emerges, a tale of shadow identities and suicide, lost boys and foundlings. Moving between the Edwardian
age and Swinging London, Kensington Gardens is an exploration of the charms and perils of nostalgia and childrenâs literature from one of Latin Americaâs most celebrated young novelists.
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Italian edition edition from Farrar Straus & Giroux (June 13, 2006)
9780374181017 | details & prices | 370 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Surviving the deaths of his 1960s rock-star parents to become a famous children's author, Peter Hook recounts to a typecast child actor both his own past and the story of J.
About: Surviving the deaths of his 1960s rock-star parents to become a famous children's author, Peter Hook recounts to a typecast child actor both his own past and the story of J.
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