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The Old Country audiobook
- By: Mordicai Gerstein
- Narrator: Tovah Feldshuh
- Category: Fantasy & Magic, Juvenile Fiction
- Length: 3 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2005
- Language: English
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The Old Country Audiobook Summary
Mordicai Gerstein’s portrayal of Philippe Petit’s high-wire walk between the towers of the World Trade Center, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, won the 2004 Caldecott Medal and was among the most admired books of the year. Now comes a memorable new work, a novel of singular insight and imagination that transports readers to the Old Country, where “every winter was a hundred years and every spring a miracle . . . where the water was like music and the music was like water . . . where all the fairy tales come from, where there was magic–and there was war.”
There, Gisella stares a moment too long into the eyes of a fox, and she and the fox exchange shape. Gisella’s quest to get her girl-body back takes her on a journey across a war-ravaged country that has lost its shape. She encounters sprites, talking animals, a chicken that lays a golden egg, a court with a spider for a judge–and bloodshed, destruction, and questions of power and justice. Finally, looking into the eyes of the fox once more, she faces a strange and startling choice about her own nature.
The Old Country is at once timeless and contemporary–a tale that draws on a wealth of storytelling tradition and dramatizes the question of what it is to be human. Part adventure story, part fable; exciting, beautifully told, rich in humor and wisdom, it is the work of an artist and storyteller at the height of his powers.
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The Old Country Full Details
| Narrator | Tovah Feldshuh |
| Length | 3 hours 10 minutes |
| Author | Mordicai Gerstein |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | May 02, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780307245458 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The Old Country is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: fantasy, magic, kids books ages 9-12, fantasy books for kids age 9 12, animals, fairy tales, books for kids age 9 12, books for boys age 9 12, books for 9 year old girls, books for 8 year old boys, folklore, books for 10 year old boys, books for 8 year old girls, books for 10 year old girls, books for 9 year old boys, fantasy books, adventure books, girls books ages 9-12, books for 12 year old boys, books for 11 year old girls, books for 12 year old girls, books for 11 year old boys, fables, mythology for kids, foxes, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Juvenile Fiction, Animals, Foxes, Juvenile Fiction, Legends, Myths, Fables, General The BISAC Subject Code is Fantasy & Magic, Juvenile Fiction
Additional info
The publisher of the The Old Country is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Listening Library. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780307245458.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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