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Internationally best-selling author and Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan presents his first book for children-The Daydreamer. Peter Fortune is unlike most kids his age. In fact, he's different from everybody else in the world. Peter has the amazing ability to make his daydreams come true. A captivating narration from Simon Prebble brings McEwan's imaginative and adventurous story to vivid life for listeners of all ages.
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"I felt almost like a child while i was reading this novel,in which the author says(in its preface) ".... to write a book for adults about a child in a language that children could understand" . This novel is about daydreaming that many of us must have experienced in our childhood days. Novel is simple and delicate in its tone and subject matter.It is intricately written and can be as disturbing as you would expect, some intense and delightful imagination is at play here which can either make you smile or make you tense when viewed with the eyes of an 11 year old child. All in all it's a refreshing read and it was also my first of Ian McEwan's novels."
— Abhishek (4 out of 5 stars)
The Daydreamer Listener Reviews
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" Libro delizioso: l'ho consigliato a molta gente e non ho deluso nessuno "
— David-e, 2/13/2014 -
" It's been a while, but this book left me astounded when I was a kid. "
— Lindseyfish, 2/10/2014 -
" Charming. I'm sure I'll read this to my son one day. "
— Mary, 2/5/2014 -
" Super easy and entertaining read. "
— Katie, 2/3/2014 -
" Ian McEwan is no Roald Dahl, but this is a fun book. If I had a kid maybe 8 years or older, I'd read it to her. As it is, I liked thinking about the things you could do if you switched bodies with your cat, or what might happen if your dolls came to life -- something I was always watching for as a little girl. I will probably use the stories in my middle school writing workshops somehow. "
— Julie, 1/28/2014 -
" This is an interesting book. It's an attempt to appeal to both young and old readers, and I think it's relatively successful. It just didn't have the depth that I require from a great work for adults, though. "
— David, 1/25/2014 -
" This book was very, very, very odd! Half the time I didn't know what was happening! Though oddly enough, I still recommend this book. "
— Kate, 1/20/2014 -
" Cute and short. Not so much a novel as a collection of short episodes describing the various daydreams Peter Fortune experiences. His dreams often involve transformation into an animal or another person, and he always learns something in the process. "
— DL, 12/30/2013 -
" Stories written for children that explore looking at the world from different perspectives. "
— Kathleen, 11/22/2013 -
" McEwan has a gift for narrating through a child's eyes without the tales feeling contrived. The images of certain adventures are still salient to me. "
— Dani, 11/20/2013 -
" My first McEwan novel. His prose is crystalline and lovely. I ran out to get The Innocent about 5 minutes after I finished this. "
— Karen, 9/29/2013 -
" A charming little read. Very much about standing in the shoes (or body) of someone or something else. Playfully written, but always with McEwan's elegant style. "
— Margaret, 9/28/2013 -
" Carino,ma proprio niente di eccezionale. "
— Fede, 5/24/2013 -
" This book is simultaneously refreshing as well as far fetched! Much like a Norman Rockwell painting, it is hard not to laugh, to smile, and just feel good! "
— Becca, 12/6/2012 -
" if you are a daydreamer, or need to be reminded of the simple beauty of daydreaming, this is a wonderful story with excellent illustrations "
— Jonagainwho, 9/21/2012 -
" Amazingly insightful and simplistically delightful!! "
— Bindal, 6/22/2012 -
" Not so much a novel as a collection of short episodes describing 10-year old Peter Fortune's daydreams. My favorite line: "The following morning Peter Fortune woke from troubled dreams to find himself transformed into a giant person, an adult." "
— Bailey, 2/20/2012 -
" Very entertaining. McEwan does an excellent job with the perceptions, thoughts and sensations of a child. His goal was to write stories about a child that would appeal to adults. I think he succeeded very well in that goal. "
— Chris, 11/6/2011 -
" Was curious was a kid's book by McEwan would be like. Nice! "
— Jenn, 8/15/2011 -
" Ian McEwan does not fuck around. I only have two novels left, now, so I am gonna try and find the short story collections. Only two more Yates novels, also. Holy moly. "
— Hannah, 8/12/2011 -
" I adore Ian McEwan, and though this is not my favorite of his books (Atonement) it is a fun and quirky story with some amazing chapters. I'm especially fond of the one in which the protagonist swaps bodies with his baby cousin... brilliant. "
— Kalilah, 6/25/2011 -
" I thought it was really cute and there were times where I actually laughed out loud. My favorite story was the cat, and also the grown-up. "
— Christina, 6/8/2011 -
" Such a sweet book. I didn't love every chapter, but so many of them were charming and insightful. I thought about it for days. "
— Linda, 4/11/2011 -
" McEwan explores a uyoug boy's daydreams quite creatively. "
— Mo, 6/16/2010 -
" It takes you back to being a child and the unlimited world of imagination. "
— Amy, 5/12/2010 -
" It's difficult to catalogue this book. It can be read by children or adults with equal delight. I really enjoyed it, although at least 3 of the stories dwell on the same issue almost the same way. "
— Sofia, 3/20/2010 -
" A book for teenagers: a collection of short stories dealing with change and transformation. Nice but not too original. Here and there the great writer emerges. "
— Fabio, 2/10/2010 -
" Read almost five years ago...Can't stop thinking about it. "
— Bonnie, 11/11/2009 -
" Was curious was a kid's book by McEwan would be like. Nice! "
— Jenn, 7/4/2009
About Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan is the author of more than a dozen books, including either New York Times bestsellers. His novel Amsterdam won the 1998 Book Prize; Atonement, won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award; and The Child in Time won the Whitbread Award. His story collection, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award.
About Simon Prebble
N. T. Wright, former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England, now serves as chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. He has been featured on ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report, and Fresh Air. He is the award-winning author of such books as Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, After You Believe, Simply Jesus, How God Became King, and the series Christian Origins and the Question of God, and he is the translator of The Kingdom New Testament.