Pan's labyrinth : the labyrinth of the faun /
by Funke, Cornelia [author.]; Toro, Guillermo del.
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BookPublisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2019Description: 320 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781526609557 (hbk.) :.Classification number: Subject(s): Fantasy fiction | Fantasy | Fantasy | Fiction in Translation | FAN/FORSummary: Ofelia has been sent to stay with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. For him, the dark and eerie forest in which they live is a cage, serving only to hide resistance fighters in the drawn-out and bloody civil war - those he has made it his aim to destroy. But with her mother bedridden, Ofelia is left unchecked and becomes enchanted by their magical home. Obsessed with fairytales, she is drawn deeper and deeper into a mythical world which is both cruel and kind, benign and deadly. For Ofelia, too, must endure violence if she is to complete the tasks that will win her place at the centre of the labyrinth: the palace of the Faun.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library Sci-Fi & Fantasy | Adult Fiction | Available | 003030508X | ||||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 003030509X |
Translated from the German.
Ofelia has been sent to stay with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. For him, the dark and eerie forest in which they live is a cage, serving only to hide resistance fighters in the drawn-out and bloody civil war - those he has made it his aim to destroy. But with her mother bedridden, Ofelia is left unchecked and becomes enchanted by their magical home. Obsessed with fairytales, she is drawn deeper and deeper into a mythical world which is both cruel and kind, benign and deadly. For Ofelia, too, must endure violence if she is to complete the tasks that will win her place at the centre of the labyrinth: the palace of the Faun.
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