The Story of Gulliver

by Coe, Jonathan; Oddi, Sara; Swift, Jonathan (CRT)

• ISBN13: 9781782692072
• ISBN10: 178269207X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-03-26
• Publisher: Pushkin Childrens Books

Summary

"For the first time in his life, Gulliver felt ashamed of himself and his fellow-humans."

Gulliver is a travel-hungry and adventurous ship's doctor, who has the odd misfortune of being ship-wrecked four times in as many voyages. Through Jonathan Coe's expert retelling of Swift's famous satire about our human hubris and desires, today's young readers are swept along as Gulliver finds himself a giant among tiny humans in Lilliput; a tiny human among giants in Brobdignag; on the flying island of Laputa, with its most impractical intellectuals; and finally in the land of the Houyhnhnms, talking horses who think precious little of human "Yahoos".


Dave Eggers says, of the series: "I couldn't be prouder to be a part of it. Ever since Alessandro conceived this idea I thought it was brilliant. The editions that they've complied have been lushly illustrated and elegantly designed."

Author Biography

Jonathan Coe was born a long time ago in England, where he still lives. He has written twelve books, among them What a Carve Up!, The House of Sleep, The Rain Before it Falls, and, most recently, Number 11 - but he knows that he will never write as beautiful a book as Gulliver's Travels.

Sara Oddi was born in Ascoli Pieno in 1984. Ever since she was little, she entertained herself by inventing and illustrating stories. She lives in a small village near her birthplace and, although a few years have passed since then, this remains her great passion, together with good Marchesian food.