Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, Wonderstruck and The Marvels, which together with The Invention of Hugo Cabret, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy!
2008 Caldecott Medal winnerThe groundbreaking debut novel from bookmaking pioneer, Brian Selznick!Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks--like the gears of the clocks he keeps--with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.With 284 pages of original drawings and combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Brian Selznick breaks open the novel form to create an entirely new reading experience. Here is a stunning cinematic tour de force from a boldly innovative storyteller and artist.
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Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, Wonderstruck and The Marvels, which together with The Invention of Hugo Cabret, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy!
2008 Caldecott Medal winnerThe groundbreaking debut novel from bookmaking pioneer, Brian Selznick!Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks--like the gears of the clocks he keeps--with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.With 284 pages of original drawings and combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Brian Selznick breaks open the novel form to create an entirely new reading experience. Here is a stunning cinematic tour de force from a boldly innovative storyteller and artist.
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Brian Selznick er illustratør til vinneren av Caldecott Honor-prisen Waterhouse Hawkins’dinosaurer og The New York Times-Best Illustrated Walt Whitman: Words for America, begge av Barbara Kerley. Selznick har også illustrert vinneren av Sibert Honor-prisen When Marian Sang av Pam Munoz Ryan, og utallige andre lovpriste bildebøker og romaner.\n\nOm ideen til boken Oppfinnelsen av Hugo Cabret sier Brian Selznick: «For mange år siden leste jeg en bok som het Edison’s Eve: a magical history of the quest for magical life, av Gaby Wood. Boken fortalte den sanne historien om en samling avanserte, mekaniske trekkoppfigurer (kjent som automata). Disse ble donert til et museum i Paris. Samlingen ble stående på et fuktig loft og måtte til slutt kastes. Jeg så for meg en gutt som fant disse ødelagte og rustne maskinene, og i det øyeblikket ble Hugo Cabret og hans historie til.»\n\nBrian Selznick bor i Brooklyn, New York og San Diego, California.
