The Speed of the Dark

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  • ENGLISH

    Language
  • 224

    Pages
  • 9780330415385

    ISBN
  • 129 mm

    Width
  • 198 mm

    Height
  • 201 gram

    Weight
  • THE

    Edition
  • PAPERBACK

    Binding
  • 6 FEBRUARY 2004

    Publish Date
  • 18 mm

    Spine Width

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    Description

    Ernst Eckmann is an artist. He specialises in the art of the impossible, making objects so tiny, so perfect, that it's hard to believe they are real. A miniature camel passes through the eye of a real needle; a pyramid is carved into a grain of sugar; a polar bear sits on an iceberg of salt. Eckmann works in silence, carving between heartbeats. Christopher Mallan loves Eckmann's sculptures. He visits the gallery often on his way home from school to marvel at the creations beneath their glass domes. Until one day, the impossible happens - and Christopher sees a sculpture...  Read More

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    Alex Shearer

    Alex Shearer started his writing career as a scriptwriter and has had great success in that field. His credits include The Two of Us, the 1990s sitcom starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. More recently he has started writing for children. His Wilmot stories have been adapted for TV by Yorkshire television, and his childrens novel, The Greatest Store in the World, was screened as a feature length TV film on Christmas Eve 1999 by the BBC. Alexs recent novel The Speed of the Dark was shortlisted for the 2002 Guardian Fiction Prize

    Alex Shearer lives with his family in Somerset. He has written more than a dozen books for both adults and children, as well as many successful television series, films, and stage and radio plays. He has had over thirty different jobs, and has never given up trying to play the guitar.

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