by Craig Silvey · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432296956
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«Jasper Jones» is the adventure and coming-of-age novel by Craig Silvey, published by Seix Barral in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
Charlie Bucktin, a thirteen-year-old reader, lives in a small Australian town. In 1965, Jasper Jones, a young man shunned by the community, comes to him in the middle of the night and asks for help. Following him into the woods, Charlie discovers something that binds him to a secret impossible to ignore. The novel shows friendship as a refuge against injustice.
First volume in the Biblioteca furtiva collection from Seix Barral. The translation is by Aleix Montoto Llagostera.
Aimed at readers of young adult and coming-of-age fiction who appreciate mystery and the Australian setting.
Craig Silvey is a former Australian novelist. Silvey has twice been named one of the Best Young Australian Novelists by The Sydney Morning Herald and has been shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His 2009 second novel Jasper Jones was selected by the American Library Association as Best Fiction for Young Adults in their 2012 list, and was made into the movie of the same name in 2017.
