The Valley of Secrets - signed first edition

Hussey, Charmian

ISBN 10: 095185223X / ISBN 13: 9780951852231

Verlag: Saint Piran Press, 2003

Beschreibung

Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression large format paperback original with cover flaps. No inscriptions, appears unread. [abo].

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1517100918746

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Valley of Secrets - signed first edition
• Verlag: Saint Piran Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 095185223X
• ISBN-13: 9780951852231
• Einband: Soft cover
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Zustand: Very Good
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Children's Fiction

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Críticas

Hussey stretches a short story's worth of ineptly developed plot over tedious rambles about the Cornish countryside, un-compelling mysteries revealed with agonizing slowness, prolonged flashbacks in the form of passages from an old diary, and whiny rants against faceless rain-forest despoilers. Informed that he's inherited a large country estate, Stephen, abandoned as a baby, arrives in Cornwall to find the gates unlocked, the house open-but not a soul to be found. With breaks to pore over an ancestor's wordy account of an early 20th-century trip up the Amazon, Stephen roams the grounds, discovering dozens of native and exotic plants. At length, he comes upon the estate's inhabitants: a very old Amazonian Indian named Murra-yari and a herd of "Bugwomps," limbless, caterpillar-like creatures with the eyes and personalities of primates. Money problems threaten an end to the ensuing idyll-but Murra-yari suddenly produces a pre-Columbian gold figurine to sell off, then dies, making way for Beth, an attractive replacement companion. Crump contributes small, atmospheric chapter-head scenes, which don't help to plug the holes in this leaky, agenda-driven tale. (lists of species, multimedia resources) (Fiction. 11-13) (Kirkus Reviews)