Açıklama
An epistolary novel set on a fictional island off the South Carolina coastline, Ella Minnow Pea brings readers to the hometown of Nevin Nollop, inventor of the pangram "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog." Deified for his achievement in life, Nevin has been honored in death with a monument featuring his famous phrase. One day, however, the letter Z falls from the monument, and some of the islanders interpret the missing tile as a message from beyond the grave. The letter Z is banned from use. On an island where the residents pride them-selves on their love of language, this is seen as a tragedy. They are still reeling from the shock when another tile falls. And then another...In his charming debut, first published in 2001, Mark Dunn took readers on a journey through the eyes of Ella Minnow Pea, a young woman forced to create another clever turn of phrase in order to save the islanders' beloved language. About the author: Mark Dunn is the author of more than twenty-five full-length plays that have been produced nationwide and beyond. His debut novel, Ella Minnow Pea, was winner of the Borders Original Voices Book of the Year award, a finalist for the Book Sense Book of the Year award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selected title. His second novel, Welcome to Higby, was published in 2003, followed by 2004's Ibid. He is currently at work on a children's book and a novel, both forthcoming from MacAdam/Cage.
Baskılar ve ISBN
- 2003
- RB Large Print · İngilizce · 239 sayfa
ISBN 9781402566172 - Sep 17, 2002
- San Val
ISBN 9781417640126 - 2022
- Dzanc Books · İngilizce
ISBN 9781950539611 - 2008
- MacAdam Cage · İngilizce · 203 sayfa
ISBN 9781596922990
Künye
- Yazar
- Mark Dunn
- İlk yayın
- 2001
- Yayınevleri
- Mare Buchverlag, MacAdam/Cage Pub., Dzanc Books, RB Large Print, Anchor Books
- Sayfa (ortalama)
- 208
- Baskı sayısı
- 10
- Kaynak
- Open Library