Multiversum
Published on 11. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-922247-52-0 (ISBN)
Description
A spellbinding adventure and a captivating tale of first love.
Alex and Jenny are sixteen. He lives in Milan; she, in Melbourne. For the past four years, they have glimpsed each other at random moments, while they are both unconscious - a telepathic communication that occurs without warning.
During one of these episodes, they manage to arrange a meeting. But on the day, though they are standing in the same place at the same time, each of them cannot see the other. This leads them to a startling discovery: they live in different dimensions. In Jenny's world, Alex is someone else. And in Alex's world, Jenny died at the age of six.
As they try to find each other, the Multiverse threatens to implode and disappear, but Jenny and Alex must meet - the future of the Earth depends on it.
Alex and Jenny are sixteen. He lives in Milan; she, in Melbourne. For the past four years, they have glimpsed each other at random moments, while they are both unconscious - a telepathic communication that occurs without warning.
During one of these episodes, they manage to arrange a meeting. But on the day, though they are standing in the same place at the same time, each of them cannot see the other. This leads them to a startling discovery: they live in different dimensions. In Jenny's world, Alex is someone else. And in Alex's world, Jenny died at the age of six.
As they try to find each other, the Multiverse threatens to implode and disappear, but Jenny and Alex must meet - the future of the Earth depends on it.
Reviews / Votes
'[S]ure to appeal to fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent.' * Adelaide Advertiser * 'The story captivates and amuses, and the last page leaves the desire to find out how it will all end ... if it will end.' * La Repubblica * 'Multiversum is not the usual urban fantasy for kids but a novel of initiation and alchemical training.' * Story Here * '[A] gripping read that leaves you wanting more.' * The Weekend West * 'Multiversum is a wonderful book on so many levels and it deserves as much success as The Hunger Games or Divergent. It's a wildly entertaining, cinematic page-turner with an inspirational core - that the human spirit is the force that can make the leap across time and space. Leonardo Patrignani is an important new voice on the YA stage.' -- Glenn Cooper, bestselling author of the LIBRARY OF THE DEAD trilogyMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 15 years
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-922247-52-0 (9781922247520)
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Persons
Leonardo Patrignani was born in Moncalieri, Italy, in 1980. A songwriter, voice actor, and Stephen King fan, he has been writing since the age of six. Multiversum is his first book, and rights to the novel have been sold in eighteen countries.
Antony Shugaar is a writer and literary translator working from Italian and French. He has published articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe in recent years. He is an editor-at-large for the journal Asymptote and is currently at work on a book about translation for the University of Virginia Press.
Antony Shugaar is a writer and literary translator working from Italian and French. He has published articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe in recent years. He is an editor-at-large for the journal Asymptote and is currently at work on a book about translation for the University of Virginia Press.