Rapiti

by Nicholas Fisk, Chiara Arnone (Translator), Laura Scarpa (Illustrator)

La vita di Mo e di Gemma, ragazzi privilegiati, scorre tra viaggi e ricevimenti in compagni del padre ambasciatore, finché un giorno vengono brutalmente rapiti in nome di una non meglio precisata Causa. Per la prima volta a contatto con gli aspetti più duri della realtà, i due terribili ragazzini imparano rapidamente a fare leva sulle debolezze dei loro rapitori e a utilizzare al meglio le proprie capacità. E se Mo elabora un piano di fuga dopo l'altro, per Gemma non sarà difficile sfruttare tutto il suo fascino infantile, per incrinare le apparenti sicurezze degli adulti che improvvisamente sono divenuti arbitri della loro vita...

106 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

(1923–2016), British author of more than forty books and television scripts and a master of science fiction for children. Fisk, whose real name is David Higginbottom, grew up during the Second World War and served in the Royal Air Force. His autobiography, Pig Ignorant (1992), covers the years 1939–1941 and details his life in Soho, a bohemian section of London, where he played jazz in the evenings until he was called to enlist. After the war Fisk worked as a musician, journalist, and publisher. He started writing in the 1960s, and his popularity was at its height in the 1970s and 1980s. His most impressive work, A Rag, a Bone, and a Hank of Hair (1982), is a thrilling futuristic novel set at the end of the 22ndcentury. The government is cloning new people and has manufactured a 1940s wartime family whose members are unaware that nothing they know is real. This moving story is a dark representation of the threat posed by technological advancement but is optimistic in its message about the triumph of the human spirit. Fisk's most enduring books include Grinny (1973), which features a technologized extraterrestrial threat in the form of a great- aunt who glows at night, and Trillions (1971), an eerie story about mysterious hard shiny objects that contain an alien intelligence. Monster Maker (1979) was made into a film.

Reviews

[Emzie-may · Rating 5 out of 5]

2nd fav book