Vango
Between Sky and Earth
1st Edition
Published on 18. July 2013
978-1-4063-4468-4 (ISBN)
Description
A gripping mystery-adventure story set in the 1930s interwar period about a character desperately searching for his identity.
Raised by a strange nanny in Sicily, Vango grows up with one friend, a priest Zefiro, who lives in a monastery hidden from sight. On reaching adulthood, Vango decides to follow Zefiro, but at the moment he is taking his holy orders at Notre Dame in Paris, he is falsely accused of a crime and has to go on the run. This is a breathless and highly cinematic story that follows Vango travelling by Zeppelin across Europe from Stromboli to Nazi Germany, from Scotland to the Soviet Union, climbing the rooftops of Paris, crossing the paths of arms traffickers, crooked policemen, Russian spies and even Stalin.
Raised by a strange nanny in Sicily, Vango grows up with one friend, a priest Zefiro, who lives in a monastery hidden from sight. On reaching adulthood, Vango decides to follow Zefiro, but at the moment he is taking his holy orders at Notre Dame in Paris, he is falsely accused of a crime and has to go on the run. This is a breathless and highly cinematic story that follows Vango travelling by Zeppelin across Europe from Stromboli to Nazi Germany, from Scotland to the Soviet Union, climbing the rooftops of Paris, crossing the paths of arms traffickers, crooked policemen, Russian spies and even Stalin.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 9 years
ISBN-13
978-1-4063-4468-4 (9781406344684)
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05/2014
Walker Books Ltd
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Person
Timothee de Fombelle is a much-admired French playwright, as well as the author of Toby Alone, and Toby Alone and the Secrets of the Tree. Walker published Toby Alone in 2008, when the work had already been translated into twenty-two languages. Timothee lives in Paris.
Sarah Ardizzone is one of the most sought-after translators working today. She has won several awards for her work, including the 2007 Scott-Moncrieff Prize for Just Like Tomorrow ("Kif Kif Demain") by Faiza Guene and the 2005 Marsh Award for Eye of the Wolf ("L'oeil du Loup") by Daniel Pennac. Sarah lives in London.
Sarah Ardizzone is one of the most sought-after translators working today. She has won several awards for her work, including the 2007 Scott-Moncrieff Prize for Just Like Tomorrow ("Kif Kif Demain") by Faiza Guene and the 2005 Marsh Award for Eye of the Wolf ("L'oeil du Loup") by Daniel Pennac. Sarah lives in London.
