by Erik Orsenna · SALAMANDRA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788478888689
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«La isla de las palabras» is the children's and young adult novel by Erik Orsenna, published by Salamandra in hardcover (96 pages, in Spanish).
After a shipwreck, Juana and her brother Tomás wake up on an island where they have lost the power of speech. With Mr. Enrique and his nephew, they explore the place to recover words and discover how they live and relate; they face Necrolo, who wants to limit their use. Grammar becomes a fun adventure.
First installment of the series «Plaisirs secrets de la grammaire», originally published in French as «La grammaire est une chanson douce» (2001).
Aimed at young readers aged 13 and up, with a playful approach to language and grammar.
Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, Orsenna specialized in economics at the London School of Economics. He was a close collaborator of François Mitterrand and held several government positions in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a member of the Conseil d'État, having been appointed in 1985. He was elected to the Académie Française on 28 May 1998. He won the 1990 International Nonino Prize in Italy. For Voyage au pays du coton he received the second prize of the Lettre Ulysses Award in 2006.
