Lyrical,magical,tender and true - Michael MorpurgoMadurer is the son of a great lord,with untold wealth,but he is also the victim of a mysterious disease that means he cannot be exposed to sunlight or fresh air. He is confined to three windowless rooms inside a palace,but his doting father summons a famous artist to cover the walls of the rooms with paintings showing the world his son cannot experience for real. As the painter works on his murals,his relationship with the boy begins to deepen until they forge a firm friendship. How can he show this child the beauty of the world with only his paintbrush to work with Glowrushes is a heartbreakingly beautiful classic of Italian children's literature,published here in English for the first time.
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Publisher: Pushkin Children's BooksISBN: 9781782693833Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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I don't think I have read anything like this before - a tale of life,death love and beauty that by the storyteller's art makes those things true,fresh,real and important. I hope this unforgettable story finds all the readers it deserves.You see it,feel it,live it as you read. Lyrical,magical,tender and true,and deeply mysterious.As gorgeous as the cover suggests... Extremely gentle and elegant... A beautiful thingA touching story of friendship... The perfect stocking-filler for thoughtful children... BeautifulUnforgettable and unputdownable. Highly recommended for upper KS2 and KS3This modern Italian classic,written as a traditional fable in poetic prose,will transport readers,young and old alike,into an enchanting,magical bygone realmThis elegant,moving novella is a classic of Italian children's literature,filled with understatedly exquisite,transporting prose.I read this in one sitting as I could not put it down. A wonderful book about parental love,friendship,beauty,life and death. Read this one,you will not be disappointed.I cry,honestly,if I even think of this book. It's truly a masterpiece and everyone has to read it. I'm just utterly gripped by the sparkling perfection of it,and while I was reading it I could think of nothing else - I just kept running back to the bookHalf this story's beauty lies in the tenderness of the love that grows between its three central characters... The other half comes from the language. Each word is chosen and placed with reverent care,creating a rich,textured landscape that seems like the stuff of dreams given physical form. There's something utterly spellbinding about how gently,and inexorably,the story flows on toward a conclusion that's both heartbreaking and hopeful... An elegy,timeless and entrancing
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