Seul sur la mer immense

by Michael Morpurgo, Diane Ménard (Translator)

En 1947, le tout jeune Arthur, séparé de sa soeur Kitty, est embarqué comme des milliers d'autres orphelins sur un bateau pour l'Australie. Sa vie est désormais là-bas, jalonnée d'épreuves, de rencontres extraordinaires et illuminée par sa passion de la mer. Des années plus tard, Allie, la fille d'Arthur, s'apprête à accomplir une traversée en solitaire. Son but : franchir les océans pour gagner l'Angleterre et retrouver sa tante Kitty.

Genres: School

304 pages, Pocket Book

Published October 11, 2018

About the author

Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to youth. In 2003, he was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2004. He was knighted in the 2018 for his services to literature and charity. He is also a father and grandfather, so children have always played a large part in his life. Every year he and his family spend time in the Scilly Isles, the setting for three of his books.

Reviews

[Fany · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was the first book I've finished reading fully in French. Good job me!
The combination of the first and second parts felt very interesting but sort of unexpected to me. The events in the first part were often rushed and it was weird to realise that Arthur was suddenly 20 y.o. and then suddenly 40 and whatnot. It felt like an introduction to the second part, but then in the afterword, the author talked about the enlgish orphans, which didn't feel in any way like the focus of the book to me. I did like the second part though. However, it felt repetitive at times, "hey, look, albatros, hey, dad, what about Kitty?"

[Joseph Roche · Rating 4 out of 5]

J’ai vraiment bien aimé Morpugo, ça se lit juste tellement facilement.

[Bladelor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Michael Morpurgo est de ces auteurs qui possèdent un vrai talent de conteur. Dès les premières pages, on est plongé dans leurs histoires, on voyage par procuration.
Petit-à-petit, je continue de découvrir la bibliographie de Michael Morpurgo, tranquillement, au fil du temps.
Le dernier en date que j'ai lu était donc Seul sur la mer immense. Un récit avec une double temporalité, deux univers différents mais qui se croisent. C'était prenant, émouvant et dépaysant.
Beaucoup aimé cette aventure.