Tuesday, September 28, 2004

The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke (on CD--read by Simon Jones)

Retrieved from: the library
(0807217751)

I've read this book on paper already, but listening to it was (as usual) a different experience entirely. For one thing, the Italian pronunciation was there, which it certainly wasn't quite in my head while reading!

This is a fabulous book, in the original sense of that word. It seems to drag a bit in the middle, maybe because I knew what was coming and wanted to get there already?

Anyone who says kids' books are for kids only is missing a lot in this author.

A rollicking good time, once adult cynicism and "reality" is set firmly aside.

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