Type: fiction
Status: I recommend
Author: Lloyd Jones
Tags: reading culture literature teaching dickens islands storytelling south_pacific
Description: The story of how the book Great Expectations finds new life in the imaginations of school childrenThe story of how the book Great Expectations finds new life in the imaginations of school children stuck on an island in the South Pacific during an uprising. Brutal in parts (so not for children), but interesting example of how literature can leap cultures and lodge in the minds of others, sustaining them. The power of storytelling.......
2007-12-27
