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The Daydreamer


A Children or Middle Grade Book


Subgenres:

  • Magical Realism,
  • Short Stories,
  • Coming-of-Age
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Stories where kids slip between reality and wild imagination
  • Body-swapping adventures with cats, dolls, and unexpected magic
  • Episodic tales that blend childhood wonder with surreal twists
Publisher Description

A delightful literary foray for adults and children alike, from the inexhaustible imagination of the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement.

In these seven exquisitely interlinked episodes, the grown-up protagonist Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality, Peter experiences fantastical transformations: he swaps bodies with the wise old family cat; exchanges existences with a cranky infant; encounters a very bad doll who has come to life and is out for revenge; and rummages through a kitchen drawer filled with useless objects to discover some not-so-useless cream that actually makes people vanish.

Finally, he wakes up as an eleven-year-old inside a grown-up body and embarks on the truly fantastic adventure of falling in love. Moving, dreamlike, and extraordinary, The Daydreamer marks yet another imaginative departure for Ian McEwan.

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