Il figlio di Gulliver

by Michael Morpurgo

La guerra costringe Omar e sua madre a lasciare per sempre la loro casa in Afghanistan. Dopo il campo profughi e la lunga marcia verso il mare, trovano un gommone ad attenderli, ma i soldi non bastano per entrambi. Così Omar si imbarca da solo, lasciando la mamma con la promessa che presto si ritroveranno in Inghilterra, a casa di zio Said. Durante la traversata in oceano, per non farsi vincere dalla paura, il dodicenne cerca di concentrarsi sul volto della madre, sulla sua vita futura in un altro Paese e sul cricket che è la sua passione, ma poi una violenta tempesta affonda la barca con tutti i suoi occupanti. E quando per Omar sembra essere arrivata la fine, è proprio lì che la sua storia comincia... Una lezione di umanità e speranza dove un piccolo ragazzo può trasformarsi in un gigante.

163 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 2, 2021

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.