The Circus is Coming (Puffin Books)
旅回りのサーカスに加わった子どもたちの生活を、写実的に描く児童小説。職能の学びと移動生活の緊張感が物語を支える。
作品情報
サーカスのきらめきの裏で、子どもたちは生きる術を学ぶ。
旅回りのサーカスに加わった子どもたちの生活を、写実的に描く児童小説。職能の学びと移動生活の緊張感が物語を支える。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Puffin Books
- 発売日
- 1974-08-29
- ページ数
- 272ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780140300963
- ISBN-10
- 0140300961
- 価格
- 688 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Teen & Young Adult
Faced with the unhappy prospect of life in an orphanage when their Aunt Rebecca dies, Peter and Santa decide to find their Uncle Gus, who works in a circus. Gus expects them to adapt to the life of the circus - but it's harder for them than he can possibly imagine.
レビュー
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Fabulous and oddly gritty
I think the previous reviewer was mean with the stars. This is a great book because Santa and Peter are NOT overnight sensations. They do not save the world. But they do go from being impractical wimps to good sensible kids who are competent and useful. On the way, they and we learn scads abotu circuses; harder than it looks, like most of life. This book is a wonderful slice of good old British working life; committed artisans wiht real pride in what they do. And Streatfeild herself was not dissimlar. Every sentence is crisp, clear, and often funny.
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Five Stars
Excellent first-class story of children who find out who they really are and what they are good at.
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