Voyages in the underworld of Orpheus Black
Sedgwick, Marcus2019
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Harry Black wakes in hospital to learn that his brother Ellis has almost certainly been killed by a V2 rocket falling during a German air raid on London. In a state of wounded delirium, Harry's mind begins to blur the distinctions between the reality of the war-torn city, the fiction of his unpublished sci-fi novel and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Driven by visions of Ellis still alive and a sense of poetic inevitability, Harry discharges himself from hospital and begins a search for his brother that will lead him deep into the city's Underworld.
Main title:
Voyages in the underworld of Orpheus Black / Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon.
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Imprint:
London : Walker Books, 2019.©2019.
Collation:
312 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"Harry Black is lost between the world of war and the land of myth..."--Cover.
Audience:
Secondary
ISBN:
9781406357929 (hardback)
Language:
English
Subject:
Brothers -- FictionDeath -- FictionGrief -- FictionVoyages to the otherworld -- FictionConscientious objectors -- FictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London -- FictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain -- FictionHistorical fictionLondon (England) -- FictionWar storiesYoung adult fiction
BRN:
394827
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Teenage Fiction | SEDGWI | Available |