City of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testament

Peter Dickinson, Michael Foreman

New Edition

Paperback (31 May 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The re-telling of 33 Old Testament stories using a different character as the "voice" for each tale. The author won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award for "The Blue Hawk" and "AK". The illustrator, Michael Foreman, has won the Kurt Maschler "Emil" Award and the Francis Williams Award twice.

About the Publisher

Hamish Hamilton Ltd

Founded in 1931, Hamish Hamilton is one of Britain's most distinguished literary lists. Now an integral part of Penguin, it provides a home for an exciting and eclectic group of authors, united by the distinctiveness and excellence of their writing. Publishing no more than twenty new titles a year, both fiction and non-fiction, and all points in between, Hamish Hamilton's authors include Ali Smith, Mohsin Hamid, Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky, Jonathan Safran Foer, Kiran Desai, Dave Eggers, W.G. Sebald, Iain Sinclair, Roger Deakin, Zadie Smith, Alain de Botton, James Kelman, Hari Kunzru, David Foster Wallace, Susan Sontag and John Updike.

Book information

ISBN:	9780241139202
Publisher:	Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Imprint:	Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Pub date:	31 May 1997
Edition:	New Edition
DEWEY:	221.9505
Number of pages:	192
Weight:	543g
Height:	245mm
Width:	171mm
Spine width:	16mm