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The Resource Voyages in the underworld of Orpheus Black /Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon

Voyages in the underworld of Orpheus Black /Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon

Label
Voyages in the underworld of Orpheus Black /Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon
Title
Voyages in the underworld of Orpheus Black /Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon
Statement of responsibility
by Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick ; illustrated by Alex Deacon
Creator
Contributor
Author
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Brothers Marcus and Julian Sedgwick team up to pen this haunting tale of another pair of brothers, caught between life and death in World War II. Harry Black, a conscientious objector, artist, and firefighter battling the blazes of German bombing in London in 1944, wakes in the hospital to news that his soldier brother, Ellis, has been killed. In the delirium of his wounded state, Harry's mind begins to blur the distinctions between the reality of war-torn London, the fiction of his unpublished sci-fi novel, and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Driven by visions of Ellis still alive and a sense of poetic inevitability, Harry sets off on a search for his brother that will lead him deep into the city's Underworld. With otherworldly paintings by Alexis Deacon depicting Harry's surreal descent further into the depths of hell, this eerily beautiful blend of prose, verse, and illustration delves into love, loyalty, and the unbreakable bonds of brotherhood as it builds to a fierce indictment of mechanized warfare."--Publisher's description
Storyline
Tone
Writing style
Illustration
Award
USBBY Outstanding International Books, 2020
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10798684
Cataloging source
TnLvILS
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1968-2022
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Sedgwick, Marcus
Dewey number
[Fic]
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 9
  • 12
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Sedgwick, Julian
  • Deacon, Alexis
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True
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  • Brothers
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Mind and reality
  • London (England)
  • Brothers
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Mind and reality
  • London (England)
Target audience
adolescent
Label
Voyages in the underworld of Orpheus Black /Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
in901913041
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
312 pages
Isbn
9781536204377
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1107105586
Label
Voyages in the underworld of Orpheus Black /Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
in901913041
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
312 pages
Isbn
9781536204377
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1107105586

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