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THE CHILD IN TIME
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By: |
Ian McEwan |
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Paperback |
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ISBN 10: |
0099755017 |
ISBN 13: |
9780099755012 |
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Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
5 June, 1997 |
Pages: |
256 |
Description: |
On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children's books, turns his back momentarily. Memories and the present become inseparable - as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past - and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen's own childhood back into the present. |
Synopsis: |
On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children's books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single moment, everything is changed. The kidnapping has a devastating effect on Stephen's life and marriage. Memories and the present become inseparable - as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past - and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen's own childhood back into the present. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Vintage |
Prizes: |
Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 1987
Winner of Whitbread Prize (Novel) 1987 |
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