by Reif Larsen · Random House UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781846552786
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«The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet» is the novel by Reif Larsen, published by Random House UK in paperback (385 pages, in English).
T.S. Spivet, a twelve-year-old genius who draws maps to understand the world, lives on a ranch in Montana with his cowboy father and scientist mother, a seeker of a mythical beetle. The Smithsonian awards him a prize without knowing he is a child, and T.S. crosses the United States on freight trains to Washington. A coming-of-age novel about family, loss, and the power of maps.
Nominated for the Guardian First Book Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Montana Book Award in 2009. The work incorporates maps and diagrams drawn by the protagonist.
For readers of coming-of-age and adventure novels, and a common choice for book clubs.
Reif Larsen is an American author, known for The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, for which Vanity Fair claimed Larsen received just under a million dollars as an advance from Penguin Press following a bidding war between ten publishing houses.
