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Availability:In StockContributor:Mathias MalzieuSeries:Vintage ContemporariesPublish date:2011-11-29Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307472137ISBN-10:307472132UPC:9780307472137Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, Science FictionBook Topic:SteampunkSize:8.00 x 5.31 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SC5WSCPS0E
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A wildly original, fantastical adventure of love and heartbreak--and an animated movie, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart--that takes us from Edinburgh to Paris to Andalusia to tell the story of a boy who discovers the great joys and ultimately the greater costs, of owning a fully formed heart.

Edinburgh, 1874. Born with a frozen heart, Jack is near death when his mother abandons him to the care of Dr. Madeleine--witch doctor, midwife, protector of orphans--who saves Jack by placing a cuckoo clock in his chest. And it is in her orphanage that Jack grows up among tear-filled flasks, eggs containing memories, and a man with a musical spine.

As Jack gets older, Dr. Madeleine warns him that his heart is too fragile for strong emotions: he must never, ever fall in love. And, of course, this is exactly what he does: on his tenth birthday and with head-over-heels abandon. The object of his ardor is Miss Acacia--a bespectacled young street performer with a soul-stirring voice. But now Jack's life is doubly at risk--his heart is in danger and so is his safety after he injures the school bully in a fight for the affections of the beautiful singer.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307472137ISBN-10:307472132UPC:9780307472137Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, Science FictionBook Topic:SteampunkSize:8.00 x 5.31 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SC5WSCPS0E
MATHIAS MALZIEU is the lead singer of the French band Dionysos. The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is the basis for an album that Malzieu wrote, and he is codirector of an animated feature-film adaptation produced by Luc Besson. This is his third novel and the first to be translated into English. Born in 1974 near Montpelier, Malzieu now lives in Paris.
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group

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