Name: Emil and the Detectives (Emil i Syshchiki)
Brand: Makhaon
SKU: 9086116004142
Price: 10.49 GBP
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Author: Erikh Kestner
ISBN: 9785389161047

Emil and the Detectives (Emil i Syshchiki)

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ERICH KESTNER is a famous German writer, poet, screenwriter, and winner of the Hans Christian Andersen International Children's Literature Prize.
'Emil and the Detectives' is the first work written by Kästner for children. The book continues to be a huge success with young readers. This is the story of a completely ordinary boy who one day experiences a completely extraordinary detective story...
The book includes an introductory article about the writer's work.

All works in the 'Reading is the Best Learning' series are published in full, without abbreviations or adaptations.

Meet The Author

Kaestner grew up in Dresden on Königsbrücker Straße. Not far from it, on the first floor of his uncle Franz Augustin’s villa, the Erich Kästner Museum is now located. Kästner’s father was a saddler, and his mother, Ida, worked as a maid, housekeeper, and hairdresser. Erich was very closely attached to his mother. While in Berlin and Leipzig, he wrote moving letters and postcards to her every day. His attitude toward his mother was also reflected in Kästner’s works. Later, rumors arose that Erich’s father had been the Kästners’ family doctor, the Jewish Emil Zimmermann (1864–1953).…

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