John Christopher: The Death of Grass, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Death of Grass
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- Verlag:
- Penguin Books Ltd, 04/2009
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780141190174
- Artikelnummer:
- 5129623
- Umfang:
- 208 Seiten
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2009
- Gewicht:
- 163 g
- Maße:
- 197 x 129 mm
- Stärke:
- 22 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 2.4.2009
- Hinweis
-
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Beschreibung
At first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated Asia, causing mass starvation and riots, but Europe is safe and a counter-virus is expected any day. Except, it turns out, the governments have been lying to their people.Klappentext
John Christopher (Author)
Christopher Samuel Youd was a British writer best known for his science fiction published under the pseudonym John Christopher. His many novels include The Death of Grass and The Possessors . He won the Guardian Prize in 1971 and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1976, Youd also wrote under several other names including Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford and Samuel Youd.
Robert Macfarlane (Introducer)
Robert Macfarlane was born in Nottinghamshire in 1976. He is the author of Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places, The Old Ways and Landmarks. Mountains of the Mind won the Guardian First Book Award and the Somerset Maugham Award and The Wild Places won the Boardman-Tasker Award. Both books have been adapted for television by the BBC. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and writes on environmentalism, literature and travel for publications including the Guardian , the Sunday Times and The New York Times . He is currently working on an illustrated children's book about the natural world in collaboration with illustrator Jackie Morris.
Biografie
John Christopher, eigentlich Christopher Samuel Youd, wurde 1922 im englischen Lancashire geboren. Als Jugendlicher begann er mit dem Schreiben von Fantasygeschichten, nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg erschienen seine ersten Romane. Der Durchbruch als Autor von Jugendbüchern gelang ihm mit der Trilogie »Tripods«.
