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Mister Pip

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Mister Pip

Mister Pip

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3.66 (22,320 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 29 September, 2008
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Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2007 Winner of the Montana Medal for Fiction 2007 Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2007 Winner of the Kiriyama Writers' Prize 2008 Lloyd Jones' new novel is set mainly in a small village on Bougainville, a country torn apart by civil war. Matilda attends the school set up by Mr Watts, the only white man on the island. By his own admission he's not much of a teacher and proceeds to educate the children by reading them Great Expectations. Matilda falls in love with the novel, strongly identifying with Pip. The promise of the next chapter is what keeps her going; Pip's story protects her from the horror of what is happening around her - helicopters menacing the skies above the village and rebel raids on the ground. When the rebels visit the village searching for any remaining men to join their cause, they discover the name Pip written in the sand and instigate a search for him. When Pip can't be found the soldiers destroy the book. Mr Watts then encourages the children to retell the story from their memories. Then when the rebels invade the village, the teacher tells them a story which lasts seven nights, about a boy named Pip, and a convict ...Also available as an eBook
Prizes

Winner of Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize - Fiction 2008,Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Fiction Category 2007,Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Readers' Choice Award 2007,Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Deutz Medal for Fiction 2007,Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book 2007,Winner of The Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best Book South East Asia and South Pacific 2007,Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2007,Short-listed for Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2007

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Type Book
ISBN13 9780143008965
ISBN10 014300896X
Number Of Pages 240
Item Weight 230 g
Product Dimensions 129 x 197 x 17 mm
Publisher / Reseller Penguin Group (NZ)
Format paperback
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Author's Bio

Lloyd Jones is one of New Zealand's best known contemporary writers. He has published essays and children's books but his best known works include the novels The Book of Fame, winner of numerous literary awards, Biografi, a New York Times Notable Book, Choo Woo, Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance, Paint Your Wife, Hand Me Down World and the phenomenally successful Mister Pip, winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Montana Medal for Fiction and the Kiriyama Writers' Prize. Mister Pip was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007. He lives in the Wairarapa.

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