Can desire really transform reality?From awardwinning novelist Jonathan Coe and distinguished Italian artist Chiara Coccorese comes The Broken Mirror, a political parable for children, a contemporary fairy tale for adults, and a fable for all ages.One day Claire, to escape her quarrelsome parents, takes refuge in the dump behind her house. There she finds a broken mirror, a nasty piece of sharp glass yet she is strangely drawn to it. She soon discovers it has the power to transform even the most drab reality into a fairytale world the grey sky is reflected blue, and Claires modest, suburban house is transformed into the most beautiful castle.As Claire grows older, always accompanied by her magic mirror, she can see her face without her teenage acne, and her town before it fell victim to thieving property developers. But, in reality, libraries are being turned into luxury flats wherever she looks, and the boy Claire loves is instead her worst enemy.Frustrated and angry with the mirrors illusions, Claire is about to destroy it when the mysterious Peter steps in he has also found a shard of broken mirror, and so begins their journey to piece together the larger puzzlePreviously published in Italian, French, Greek and Dutch, The Broken Mirror comes to life in English for the first time, to be read with equal pleasure by children and adults.

Binding: Hardback;96 pages; Publisher: Boundless Publishing Group Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 384 g; Dimensions: 145 x 205 x 15

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