Timothee de Fombelle is a much-admired French playwright,
as well as the author of award-winning fiction. His first series,
Toby Alone and Toby Alone and the Secrets of the Tree has been
printed in 27 languages and has won numerous awards including
France’s prestigious Prix Sorcières and the Marsh Award. Timothee's
adventure series, Vango, Book One: Between Sky and Earth and Vango,
Book Two: A Prince Without a Kingdom received huge critical
acclaim, and book one was granted an English Pen Award for
translation. Timothee also contributed to the acclaimed collection
The Great War: an Anthology of Stories Inspired by Objects from the
First World War. Timothee lives in Paris.
Sarah Ardizzone is one of the most sought-after translators
working today. She is twice recipient of the Marsh Award for
Children’s Literature in Translation, for Eye of the Wolf by Daniel
Pennac (2005) and Toby Alone by Timothée de Fombelle (2009). Sarah
appears regularly on the book festival circuit and curates
programmes around translation for all ages – including Translation
Nation and Translators In Schools. Sarah lives in London, SW2.
Sam Gordon is a London-based translator of Arab Jazz by
Karim Miské, which won a 2014 English PEN award and was shortlisted
for a CWA International Dagger in 2015. Sam also translated Captain
Rosalie, a short story by Timothee de Fombelle, which appeared in
the Walker Books anthology The Great War: Stories Inspired by
Objects from the First World War.
TImothee de Fombelle has such a gift for fairy-tale like
storytelling! The writing is stunning and mystique and for most of
the novel feels like you're on the edge of a dream not reading a
book!
*Once Upon A Bookish Time*
The vivid imagery of the writing leads readers on a breath-taking
journey into the heart of self sacrificing love, the depths of
evil, and the power of stories.
*Bookrapt*
Through his work, Timothée de Fombelle encourages our 21st century
minds to embrace magic, to seek the impossible, and to believe in
happily ever afters. 4.5/5
*21st Century Once Upon a Times*
Utterly charming and beautifully written this is must-read for
lovers of fairytales and storytelling - and anyone who likes to
believe in fairies.
*Booktopia*
The Book of Pearl is a charming and absorbing read that will be
enjoyed by sophisticated younger readers, teens and adults who like
their magic mixed in with a bit of history.
*Readings*
The alternating chapters have been set up beautifully so they flow
continuously together. The emotive prose, descriptive settings and
fairytale imagery are all part of a breathtaking creation by the
highly acclaimed, award-winning author of French children’s books,
Timothee de Fombelle.
*Buzzwords*
Well, I read this in a day! I felt like I was swimming in a
well-established fairy tale that had somehow escaped me all my
life. It was engaging and tasteful and came together like a tidy
tapestry.
*Striking Keys*
There’s a delightful fairytale feeling about it all, and nothing
seems to have been lost in the translation from French to English.
4 stars
*The Advertiser*
The Book of Pearl is a book of many layers, like those that form
around the pearl’s core. It is rich in language, exquisite in
imagery, and truly a modern fairy-tale. It is a book to savour,
like an artisanal marshmallow, or a pearl.
*Booksellers NZ*
I think that was the best magic in this book, the descriptions of
the marshmallows. I wanted to just jump into the book and explore
the shop for myself. 3/5
*My Life in Books*
This engrossing many layered tale is so well written.
*Reading Time*
Timothee de Fombelle has such a gift for fairy-tale like
storytelling! The writing is stunning and mystique and for most of
the novel feels like you're on the edge of a dream not reading a
book! 4/5
*Once Upon a Bookish Time*
The writing was quite beautiful. In that whole whimsical fairy-tale
way that makes you feel like you just ate Hans Christian
Anderson.
*Paper Fury*
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