Bücher von Peter Hunt

This book is the sequel to Peter Hunt's memoir about his childhood entitled Child of a Bygone Era. Born in Brighton in 1940, it was at the end of the war that his father, a chartered accountant, was sent to develop his company's office in Hong Kong. There Peter lived with his parents and flourished until, at the age of seven, he was sent back to two boarding schools (preparatory and public) in post-war England. This memoir continues the story of his life from his days at Trinity College, Dublin to a life in London in advertising and marketing through the 1960s and 1970s. To give the reader an idea of the pleasure in reading this memoir, this is a quote from the publisher's acceptance letter. "We can confidently state that your work was found to be a compelling memoir, full of fantastic takeaways the reader can benefit from. You have expressed your experiences in an incredibly emotive way, conjuring a strong sense of engagement in the reader... The exquisite writing style and honesty with which you detail your experiences make this story one that will intrigue many. The author will be delighted if you receive the same pleasure from reading this book as the publisher would seem to have acquired.

Vor 150 Jahren erschienen Alice im Wunderland und Alice hinter den Spiegeln. Peter Hunt gratuliert mit einem wunderschon illustrierten Band. Er erzahlt, wie die beruhmten Nonsens-Romane entstanden und ihren Siegeszug um die ganze Welt antraten. Das ideale Geschenkbuch fur alle groen und kleinen Fans!Charles Dodgson alias Lewis Carroll, ein exzentrischer Oxford-Mathematiker, erfand die Abenteuer der kleinen Alice eher beilufig bei einer Bootsfahrt auf der Themse. Peter Hunt erkennt in den Alice-Romanen einen Meilenstein der Kinderliteratur und erklrt ihren berraschenden Erfolg. Souvern schildert er Biografie und Gefhlswelt ihres eigenwilligen Schpfers und entschlsselt Anspielungen und Vorbilder. Zeitgenssische Fotos lassen das Viktorianische England wieder aufleben, whrend uns John Tenniels unvergessliche Zeichnungen ein Wiedersehen mit der Grinsekatze und dem verrckten Hutmacher bescheren.

This book is written with charm and humour by a child who grew up between two worlds - an idyllic childhood in Hong Kong in the 1950s which was shattered by his return to England at the age of seven to a new life as a boarder at a Catholic preparatory school. From the age of seven to seventeen, he travels between these worlds and comments on all the changes that occur in this dynamic decade. He sees Hong Kong develop from an entrepot to a booming manufacturing powerhouse with the effect this has on the Cantonese and their relationship with Europeans and compares this life to the smog-bound, tired English way of life only just beginning to recover from the devastation of the Second World War. It is a joy to read and is a fascinating record of two worlds by a child of a bygone age.

This volume reprints a number of the essays published in the field of children's literature in the last five years and includes three new essays on folklore and science fiction, psychology, and cultural studies.