| 12 Random Words / 12 Mots au Hasard: A Bilingual Collection - (English / French) Contributor(s): Prieto, Martine (Translator), Barrett, Sean (Translator), Wilson, Rob (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0997149728 ISBN-13: 9780997149722 Publisher: Talk-Active L.L.C. OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: French Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Bilingual Education - Literary Collections | European - French |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| LCCN: 2017900192 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.51 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Gold -1st Place Award in the 2017 Feathered Quill Book Awards Program for the Best Short Story/Anthology category. Honorable Mention from Reader Views Reviews Choice Awards. First Place Award in the Short Stories Category from the National Indie Excellence Awards. Finalist of Fiction Short Stories Category of the 2017 International Book Awards. Peter Pan helps Rita solve the mystery of a stray puzzle piece. Aldo looks at the clouds and decides to quit. A little girl insists on making everything in her coloring book orange. Eve defies darkness turning past dreams into future memories. 12 Random Words / 12 Mots au Hasard is a bilingual collection of interior vignettes told in both English and French. Each story is a tale of yearning, a fragment of discovery, a treasure. Set in New York, Lima, Buenos Aires, and other cities, these short stories take unexpected turns along the path of remembrance, disappointment, and hope. -------- Peter Pan aide Rita lucider le myst re d'une pi ce de puzzle errante. Aldo contemple les nuages et d cide de stopper. Une petite fille insiste que tout soit rendu orange dans son livre de coloriage. Eve d fie l'obscurit afin de transformer les r ves du pass en souvenirs du futur. 12 Random Words / 12 Mots au Hasard est une collection bilingue de vignettes subjectives racont es en anglais et en fran ais. Chaque conte est un r cit de nostalgie, un fragment de d couverte, un tr sor. Se d roulant New York, Lima, Buenos Aires et dans d'autres villes, ces nouvelles prennent un d tour inattendu au long du chemin du souvenir, de la d ception et de l'espoir. |