Haddon, Mark. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time, a novel.HADDON Haddon could refer to:
To quote from the review of the audio-book in KLIATT, January 2004: This truly original and engaging story is told in the first person by Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old with Asperger's Syndrome As·per·ger's syndrome n. A pervasive developmental disorder, usually of childhood, characterized by impairments in social interactions and repetitive behavior patterns. . An autistic-savant, Christopher is effectively imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- by self-imposed rules and a private logical order. Out of tune with ordinary life, he is oblivious to the crisis in his home and obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with finding out who killed the dog next door. Solving this mystery is only half the story and only the beginning of Christopher's journey. Award-winner Haddon reinvigorates the traditional Bildungsroman bildungsroman (German; “novel of character development”) Class of novel derived from German literature that deals with the formative years of the main character, whose moral and psychological development is depicted. , the novel of transition from childhood to adulthood, depicting with realism the richness, the limitations and the unbearable pain of Christopher's world as Christopher experiences it. Jacqueline Edwards, Bedford, MA |
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