The Daydreamer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780385498050)

A delightful literary foray for adults and children alike, from the inexhaustible imagination of the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement.

"As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl." --Vogue

In these seven exquisitely interlinked episodes, the grown-up protagonist Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality, Peter experiences fantastical transformations: he swaps bodies with the wise old family cat; exchanges existences with a cranky infant; encounters a very bad doll who has come to life and is out for revenge; and rummages through a kitchen drawer filled with useless objects to discover some not-so-useless cream that actually makes people vanish. Finally, he wakes up as an eleven-year-old inside a grown-up body and embarks on the truly fantastic adventure of falling in love. Moving, dreamlike, and extraordinary, The Daydreamer marks yet another imaginative departure for Ian McEwan.

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Author: Ian McEwan
ISBN-10: 0385498055
ISBN-13: 9780385498050
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 01/18/2000
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.15w x 0.43d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 20064 / Daydreamer