The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet - Hardcover

Larsen, Reif

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670069752 ISBN 13: 9780670069750

Publisher: Penguin Group Canada, 2009

Synopsis

When 12-year-old genius map-maker T.S. Spivet receives an unexpected phone call from the Smithsonian, life as normal—if you consider mapping dinner table conversation normal—is interrupted and a wild cross-country adventure begins. During his journey, T.S. discovers a secret family history in his luggage. And the farther he travels, the greater he understands home. All that he has learned is tested when he arrives at the capital and is welcomed into science's inner circle only to find that fame seems to overshadow ideas. T.S. struggles to find a way to map the delicate lessons learned about family and self, and questions whether there is a definitive way to communicate the ebbs and tides of heartbreak, loss, and loneliness in this exhilarating, funny, endlessly charming, and unbearably poignant debut novel.

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About the Author

Reif Larsen’s first novel, The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet, was aNew York Times bestseller and is currently being published in twenty-nine countries. The novel was a 2010 Montana Honor Book, a Border’s Original voices Finalist, and IndieBound Award Finalist and was shortlisted for theGuardian First Book award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. The novel is being adapted for the screen by French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (director ofAmélie).He studied at Brown University, and has taught at Columbia University, where he received an M.F.A. in fiction. He is also a filmmaker and has made documentaries in the U.S., the U.K., and sub-Saharan Africa. He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Group Canada
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670069752
• ISBN 13: 9780670069750
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 374