The Child that Books Built av Francis (author) Spufford

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<p><b>The anticipated new novel by Francis Spufford, <i>Light Perpetual, </i>is now available to preorder!</b><br><br>What would you find if you went back and re-read your favourite books from childhood?<br><br>In <i>The Child That Books Built</i> Francis Spufford revisits all those childhood obsessions: fairy tales; <i>Where the Wild Things Are</i>; <i>The Lord of the Rings</i><i>;</i><i>The Chronicles of Narnia</i>; <i>Little House on the Prairie</i>; <i>The Wind in the Willows</i>; <i>The Earthsea Trilogy </i>and more. In these treasured tales Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness ¿ the thrill as worlds of imagination opened up before him mixed with the memories of a boy who retreated into books when faced with a family tragedy.</p>