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Howul: a life's journey
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ISBN10: 1911409808
ISBN13: 9781911409809
Publisher: Elsewhen Press
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781911409809
Publisher: Elsewhen Press
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Books are dangerous
People in Blanow think that books are dangerous: they fill your head with drivel, make poor firewood and cannot be eaten (even in an emergency). This book is about Howul. He sees things differently: fires are dangerous; people are dangerous; books are just books.Howul secretly writes down what goes on around him in Blanow. How its people treat foreigners, treat his daughter, treat him. None of it is pretty. Worse still, everything here keeps trying to kill him: rats, snakes, diseases, roof slates, the weather, the sea. That he survives must mean something. He wants to find out what. By trying to do this, he gets himself thrown out of Blanow... and so his journey begins.
Like all gripping stories, HOWUL is about the bad things people do to each other and what to do if they happen to you. Some people use sticks to stay safe. Some use guns. Words are the weapons that Howul uses most. He makes them sharp. He makes them hurt.
Of course books are dangerous.
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