Particularize Epithetical Books Pigtopia
| Title | : | Pigtopia |
| Author | : | Kitty Fitzgerald |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 247 pages |
| Published | : | September 13th 2006 by Miramax Books (first published January 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Young Adult |
Kitty Fitzgerald
Paperback | Pages: 247 pages Rating: 3.67 | 721 Users | 130 Reviews
Description Concering Books Pigtopia
Hailed as a "tour de force" (Los Angeles Times) and a "surprisingly sweet story" (Entertainment Weekly), Kitty Fitzgerald's Pigtopia is a spellbinding debut, featuring one of the most singular characters to come along since Christopher Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.Society has rejected Jack Plum. Born with a disfigurement, he is labeled either a monster or an imbecile by his abusive mother and thoughtless neighbors. But Jack has created a haven, his "pigtopia," a shelter where Jack hides from the world with his beloved pet pigs. Then Jack meets Holly Lock, a sensitive young teenager who lives nearby, and offers her a piglet. Together they forge an unlikely and beautiful friendship, until society and fate intervene and Jack's secret world is threatened by forces beyond his control. In language of stunning beauty, Kitty Fitzgerald has created a startling original world with characters that will capture your imagination and your heart.
Point Books During Pigtopia
| Original Title: | Pigtopia |
| ISBN: | 1401360106 (ISBN13: 9781401360108) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Epithetical Books Pigtopia
Ratings: 3.67 From 721 Users | 130 ReviewsDiscuss Epithetical Books Pigtopia
Unforgettable and strangely ethereal, despite its stark gore. Dreamy with all its disfigurement and poetic mental bludgeonings. Captivating in its beautiful friendship blossoming out of blood and guts and raw human filth. Lyrical and tender. Soft and grotesque. A carnival-deep journey, contorted and pretty. Like all the most spellbinding of things in the world.Jack Plum was disfigured from birth, macro-cephalic. He takes care of his crippled mother, who blames him for her miseries. His father, a butcher with ambitions to raise pigs instead of slaughtering them, vanished when Jack was a child. Jack is a familiar sort. He could be Boo Radley from To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the authors favorite books. He is a social outcast, keeping himself away from a society that heaps nothing by ridicule and scorn on him, and is engaged by Holly, the Scout of this
Exquisitely rendered to break my heart!
Yeah, I give five-star reviews to a lot of the books I read, but that's because I mostly only read books that are recommended to me by friends with impeccable taste. I'm an evangelist for this book--let me know if you want to borrow it.
Started a while ago; now it's time to finish it..... (good beginning but school started)Wow. Well I finished it and it is truly amazing, horrifying and sweet. I do think that the cover quotation is amazingly accurate: "Satisfying and heartbreaking This beautifully crafted story retells the classic lesson of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, with much of the innocence an horror intact." [Publishers Weekly]I initially picked this up, thinking it is a young adult book, and I guess that is one of the
... wtf was that even? Okay, so this was a well written book. The characters hooked me and I thought it was fascinating. But, man, I dont even. For one, this book has death in it and it is not treated like death is usually treated in Americas common culture. This book also got a bit gory. And that ending, that ending was harsh. I just felt sad for all of the characters.
Wow. I wish I remembered where i heard about this young-adult book, I'd say "thanks" for turning me on to this book outside my usual circle of genres. However, saying Pigtopia is a Young Adult book it's like saying "Of Mice and Men" is a young adult book - yes most of us read it in high school, but it shouldn't stop there. No age prerequisites for the reader, I'd say. And I'd put this in the same category as "Of Mice and Men."Uniquely written in two voices, a young woman and an older male -
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