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Wild Boy
Jill Dawson
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Description for Wild Boy
Paperback. A profoundly moving, intriguing novel based on the true story of a feral child in post-Revolutionary France, now believed to be an early case of autism Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
In 18th-century France, a child is captured in the forests near Aveyron where he seems to have been living wild for seven years. Now 12 years old, the Wild Boy is put on public display as a freak, and finally handed over to the ambitious, emotionally repressed Doctor Itard, who is charged with educating the boy, whom he names Victor, and trying to discover the secrets of his strange, secret life. But Victor soon becomes a pawn in the raging debate about nature vs nurture, and Itard's attempts to civilise him bear little fruit. Instead, Victor seems drawn to Mme ... Read more
In 18th-century France, a child is captured in the forests near Aveyron where he seems to have been living wild for seven years. Now 12 years old, the Wild Boy is put on public display as a freak, and finally handed over to the ambitious, emotionally repressed Doctor Itard, who is charged with educating the boy, whom he names Victor, and trying to discover the secrets of his strange, secret life. But Victor soon becomes a pawn in the raging debate about nature vs nurture, and Itard's attempts to civilise him bear little fruit. Instead, Victor seems drawn to Mme ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
218g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340822975
SKU
V9780340822975
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About Jill Dawson
Jill Dawson's novels include Fred & Edie, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, Watch Me Disappear, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize, and The Crime Writer, winner of the East Anglian Book of the Year. An award-winning poet, she has also edited several poetry and short story anthologies. She has ... Read more
Reviews for Wild Boy
Intriguing and deeply moving
Sunday Telegraph
An accomplished novel, rich with ideas and vivid characters, which is, above all, a lucid and moving exploration of the nature of autism.
Laura Baggaley, Observer
Fascinating and deeply sympathetic ... Ingenious, well-crafted and carefully researched, this novel questions what makes us human and leaves one a little wiser for ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
An accomplished novel, rich with ideas and vivid characters, which is, above all, a lucid and moving exploration of the nature of autism.
Laura Baggaley, Observer
Fascinating and deeply sympathetic ... Ingenious, well-crafted and carefully researched, this novel questions what makes us human and leaves one a little wiser for ... Read more