Name: Summer in Orcus
SKU: 54548981
Price: 19.95 EUR
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Author: T. Kingfisher
ISBN: 9781936689590

Type

Physical Book

Author

T. Kingfisher

Por… (Artista)

Lauren Henderson

Publisher

Sofawolf Press, Inc

Language

English

Pages

261

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x13.3x1.4 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9781936689590

Edition No.

Synopsis "Summer in Orcus "

Summer is a perfectly ordinary 11 year old girl with a perfectly ordinary, needy, over-protective single mother. She always does what she is told and has become very good at listening and consoling her mother's fears, but finds the experience increasingly exhausting. Summer loves her mother and would never dream of running away, but wonders deep down if it wouldn't be nice to escape for just a little while and do something adventurous... maybe?Along comes the crone Baba Yaga in her magical walking house, who spies Summer through the alley gate and offers to provide her heart's desire. Summer has no idea what this might be, but with the lighting of a frog-shaped beeswax candle she finds herself transported to the strange world of Orcus with nothing but a weasel in her pocket.Like any girl of her age, she's read lots of fantasy books about people thrust into strange lands; but they usually seemed to have had some idea what they were supposed to do there.Join Summer as she attempts to follow glimpses of turquoise across Orcus with the help of a weasel, a wolf with a house problem, and an aristocratic hoopoe with a penchant for trouble. Along the way she just might figure out what she is looking for, save a wondrous thing, and realize that some of the talents which she takes for granted are mighty useful indeed.

T. Kingfisher

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T. Kingfisher es el seudónimo ligeramente absurdo de la escritora Ursula Vernon que, en su otra vida, escribe libros para niños y cómics extravagantes. Ha ganado toda clase de premios literarios que la reconocen como una de las escritoras más talentosas de la fantasía actual (Hugo, Sequoyah, Nebula, Alfie, WSFA, Cóyotl, Ursa Major…) y también ha sido nominada a los premios World Fantasy y al Will Eisner Comic Industry. T. Kingfisher es el nombre que usa cuando escribe libros para jóvenes de mayor edad y también para adultos. Su obra lleva los cuentos de hadas y duendes a otro nivel. Cuando no está escribiendo, probablemente puedas encontrarla en el jardín, intentando mantener contacto visual con las mariposas. En Gran Travesía hemos publicado sus novelas, Manual de panadería mágica para usar en caso de ataque y Ortiga y hueso, novela que fue galardonada con el Premio Hugo del 2023.

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