by Melvin Burgess · Xerais De Galicia Edicions · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483023662
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«Ionqui» is the young adult novel by Melvin Burgess, published by Xerais De Galicia Edicions in paperback (328 pages).
Tar and Gemma are two teenagers who run away from home seeking a free life in Bristol. There they squat and strike up a relationship with Rob and Lily, with whom they share a reality marked by heroin. The novel portrays how the search for freedom and the desire to belong intersect with self-destruction and addiction.
The original work, «Junk», won the Carnegie Medal in 1996 and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1997; this edition features a translation by María Reimóndez Meilán.
An appropriate read for young readers interested in social realism and in stories that address addiction without idealizing it.
Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1996 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. For the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.
