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Mister Pip [sound recording (audio book)] / Lloyd Jones.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublisher: Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, [2018]Copyright date: ⓟ2008Description: 7 audio discs (7 hr., 23 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in containerContent type:
  • spoken word
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
ISBN:
  • 9781489450265
  • 1489450262
Other title:
  • Mr Pip
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Read by Susan Lyons.
Summary: It is Bougainville in 1991, a small village on a tropical island. Weeks have passed since the last day of school as, quietly, war is encroaching from the other end of the island. When the villagers' safe, predictable lives come to a halt, Bougainville's children are surprised to find the island's only white man re-opening the school. Mr Watts explains he will introduce the children to Mr Dickens. The children think a foreigner is coming to the island. They are shocked to discover their acquaintance with Mr Dickens will be through Mr Watts' reading of Great Expectations. But on an island at war, the power of fiction has dangerous consequences. Imagination and beliefs are challenged by guns.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Talking Books Davis (Central) Library Talking Books Talking Books JON Available T00835993
Total holds: 0

Read by Susan Lyons.

It is Bougainville in 1991, a small village on a tropical island. Weeks have passed since the last day of school as, quietly, war is encroaching from the other end of the island. When the villagers' safe, predictable lives come to a halt, Bougainville's children are surprised to find the island's only white man re-opening the school. Mr Watts explains he will introduce the children to Mr Dickens. The children think a foreigner is coming to the island. They are shocked to discover their acquaintance with Mr Dickens will be through Mr Watts' reading of Great Expectations. But on an island at war, the power of fiction has dangerous consequences. Imagination and beliefs are challenged by guns.

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