Click for full-size.
Pied Piper
by Shute, Nevil
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0330103997
- ISBN 13
- 9780330103992
- Seller
-
Forrestfield, Western Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
England: Pan, 1971. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Nice copy with an slightly faded, uncreased spine. Name in ink to opening page. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.
Synopsis
Young Adult Novel, set in Europe in 1940. 70-year-old Englishman goes fishing in the French mountains, near the Swiss border. To amuse two children he's met, he makes a whistle from a twig of hazel bush [hence, the book's title]. When Germany invades France, he decides to go back to England, and is asked to take the children with him. Along the way, he finds another child, and another, and another, leading his young outcasts through shell-fire and sacrifice, in a search of safe haven from a world at war. A poignant sub-plot shows why this man had left England in perilous times, and how he found in France a woman who healed this poignancy (and, in the process, her own personal sorrow). The story ends in a surprisingly gratifying way. The dangers of death and war remain in the reader's heart, along with the resounding echoes of courage, honesty, love. Mostly love. Book-reviewers called it "the best story of World War II" *[Cincinnati Enquirer]* ... "piles up dramatic force -- the work of a master storyteller" *[New York Times]* ... "gripping and tender" *[New York Herold Tribune]* ... "moving, heart-warming -- (Nevil Shute's) greatest novel" *[Book Buyer's Guide]* ... "He write (in this touching book) about human beings and ordinary human emotions in a way that makes the reading of each page an unalloyed pleasure" *[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]* ...... [comments by: Billy Jack]
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Caerwen Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043891
- Title
- Pied Piper
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0330103997
- ISBN 13
- 9780330103992
- Publisher
- Pan
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1971
Terms of Sale
Caerwen Books
Books found to be not as described may be returned for a full refund. Please notify us before initiating a return
About the Seller
Caerwen Books
Biblio member since 2005
Forrestfield, Western Australia
About Caerwen Books
Specialists in Childrens and Science fiction.
Visitors by appointment only
Visitors by appointment only
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
This Book’s Categories
The Great Formosa Hoax
George Psalmanazar played a grand prank in 1703, pretending to be a resident of the island of Formosa. His book took London by storm. Learn more...
Collecting Little Golden Books
These iconic childrens board books are collectible if you can find an original in great condition! Learn more about collecting Little Golden Books.
