Description
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
Series
Local notes
When Mo reads aloud book characters take on a life of their own. Meggie, his daughter is drawn into this world of good and evil. Main characters - Dustfinger, Silvertongue, Capricorn, Farid and Elinor the book collector
Publication
Chicken House (2004), Edition: New edition, Paperback, 576 pages
Media reviews
Such breathtaking things are going to happen, you cannot even imagine. SPECTACULAR!, FABULOUS! BREATHTAKING! If you've got to read a book it's got to be this one.
Inkheart is a book about books, a celebration of and a warning about books. The "Inkheart" of the title is a book. I don't think I've ever read anything that conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading. ...
When the villains are at last defeated and the denizens of the book tumble
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through into reality, it is quite disappointing to find them gaudy, small and trivial. Is Funke saying that, while books as books are wonderful, real life has a solid sort of grimness that renders make-believe flimsy? Or is she pleading with us to mix at least a little fantasy with our reality? I don't know. Inkheart leaves you asking such questions. And this is, to my mind, an important thing for a story to do. Show Less
Subjects
Original publication date
2003 (German original)
2003 (English translation)
Physical description
576 p.; 7.64 inches
ISBN
1904442218 / 9781904442219