The Resource The bone clocks, David Mitchell
The bone clocks, David Mitchell
- Summary
- Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: a sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as "the radio people," Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life. For Holly has caught the attention of a cabal of dangerous mystics -- and their enemies. But her lost weekend is merely the prelude to a shocking disappearance that leaves her family irrevocably scarred. This unsolved mystery will echo through every decade of Holly's life, affecting all the people Holly loves -- even the ones who are not yet born. A Cambridge scholarship boy grooming himself for wealth and influence, a conflicted father who feels alive only while reporting from occupied Iraq, a middle-aged writer mourning his exile from the bestseller list -- all have a part to play in this surreal, invisible war on the margins of our world. From the medieval Swiss Alps to the nineteenth-century Australian bush, from a hotel in Shanghai to a Manhattan townhouse in the near future, their stories come together in moments of everyday grace and extraordinary wonder
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 825 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781410476012
- Label
- The bone clocks
- Title
- The bone clocks
- Statement of responsibility
- David Mitchell
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: a sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as "the radio people," Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life. For Holly has caught the attention of a cabal of dangerous mystics -- and their enemies. But her lost weekend is merely the prelude to a shocking disappearance that leaves her family irrevocably scarred. This unsolved mystery will echo through every decade of Holly's life, affecting all the people Holly loves -- even the ones who are not yet born. A Cambridge scholarship boy grooming himself for wealth and influence, a conflicted father who feels alive only while reporting from occupied Iraq, a middle-aged writer mourning his exile from the bestseller list -- all have a part to play in this surreal, invisible war on the margins of our world. From the medieval Swiss Alps to the nineteenth-century Australian bush, from a hotel in Shanghai to a Manhattan townhouse in the near future, their stories come together in moments of everyday grace and extraordinary wonder
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- Title
- The bone clocks
- Summary
- Beginning in 1984 and moving in linear fashion through the years before ending in the 2040s, this complex, layered novel interweaves several different narratives to tell the story of a secret war between those who would steal souls and those who try to stop them. But it's also the story of Holly Sykes, who belongs to neither of these groups but whose life is nevertheless bound up in them. An expansive, globe-trotting book that takes on themes of aging, youth, and death, The Bone Clocks also features characters who have appeared in author David Mitchell's other books and incorporates genres from absolute realism to heady fantasy. -- Description by Shauna Griffin
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2015.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2014.
- Library Journal Best Books 2014
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- World Fantasy Award, 2015.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10321790
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6063.I785
- LC item number
- B66 2015
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- David Mitchell
- Label
- The bone clocks, David Mitchell
- Related Subjects
-
- Literary fiction
- Science fiction
- Synchronicity (Paranormal phenomena)
- Men/women relations
- Contemporary fantasy
- Paranormal phenomena
- Interpersonal relations
- Imaginary wars and battles
- Time
- Secrets
- Large type books
- Mortality
- Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction
- Mystics -- Fiction
- Multiple perspectives
- Mystics
- Voyages and travels
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- http://library.link/vocab/cover_art
- https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?type=xw12&client=dougp&isbn=9781410476012&upc=&oclc=ocn891001628/LC.JPG
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- http://library.link/vocab/discovery_link
- {'pa': 'https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1280187114', 'lt': 'https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1280187114'}
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 825 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410476012
- Isbn Type
- (large print : hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014036965
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- cat13
- System control number
-
- ocn891001628
- (OCoLC)891001628
Subject
- Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Mystics -- Fiction
- Science fiction
- Contemporary fantasy
- Imaginary wars and battles
- Interpersonal relations
- Literary fiction
- Men/women relations
- Mortality
- Multiple perspectives
- Mystics
- Paranormal phenomena
- Secrets
- Synchronicity (Paranormal phenomena)
- Time
- Voyages and travels
Genre
- Fiction
- Large type books
- Science fiction
- Contemporary fantasy
- Literary fiction
- Multiple perspectives
Member of
- ALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2015
- Booklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2014
- For Fans of Harry Potter
- Library Journal Best Books: 2014
- Library Journal Top Ten
- New York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2014
- World Fantasy Awards: Novel
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Awards
Awards of The bone clocks, David Mitchell- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2015.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2014.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books 2014
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- Award
- World Fantasy Award, 2015.
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