9780848804954

Snow Goose

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9780848804954

Hardcover|9780848804954


Overview

A stunning new edition of a beloved children's classic.
On the desolate Essex marshes, a young girl, Fritha, comes to seek help from Philip Rhayader, a recluse who lives in an abandoned lighthouse. She carries in her arms a wounded snow goose that has been storm-tossed across the Atlantic from Canada. Fritha is frightened of Rhayader, but he is gentler than his appearance suggests and nurses the goose back to health. Over the following months and years, Fritha visits the lighthouse when the snow goose is there. And every summer, when it flies away, Thayader is left alone once more.
The Snow Goose is set in the years running up to the evacuation of Dunkirk in the Second World War. Originally published in 1940 in the Saturday Evening Post, it was brought out in book form the following year by Knopf, Michael Joseph and M&S simultaneously. It won the prestigious O Henry prize that same year and has been continually in print ever since. The Snow Goose has inspired a number of musical scores and albums, has been made into two feature films and moved generations of readers. A new feature film will be released in the coming year.
Beautifully written, with a powerful ending, and breathtakingly illustrated, this is an exquisite edition of Gallico's masterpiece.

ISBN-13

9780848804954

ISBN-10

0848804953

Weight

0.55 Pounds

Dimensions

5.75 x 0.50 x 8.50 In

List Price

$16.95

Format

Hardcover

Publisher

Amereon Limited

Published On

1976-01-01



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