New Releases by Reif Larsen

Reif Larsen is the author of The Path (2021), Der wundersame Weg (2021), Uma Wimple Charts Her House (2021), Die Rettung des Horizonts (2016), I Am Radar (2016).

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The Path

release date: Sep 28, 2021
The Path
Meet three kids on their usual walk down the path near their house. Every day, they notice something new: the trail, the plants and the animals - some of the changes are almost too small to recognize! With sketchbooks under their arms and a magnifying glass in hand, each child interacts with the path in a different way. Together, they create a whole world for themselves. The Path (working title) encourages us to take a closer look and be curious about our surroundings. For readers of all ages, this book shows that the only thing we can count on for certain is change.

Der wundersame Weg

release date: Sep 27, 2021

Uma Wimple Charts Her House

release date: Jun 15, 2021
Uma Wimple Charts Her House
Hip, funny, unique--and a perfect curriculum tie-in--here''s a picture book with mega kid-appeal about the challenges a student faces when she is given an assignment to make a chart of her own home! Uma''s been making charts since she was a little kid. But when her teacher gives the class Uma''s dream assignment--to make a chart of their own homes--she is thrown for a loop. Oh, the possibilities! Oh, the pressure! What makes a house housey? she wonders. In order to figure it out, she asks each member of her family--Mom, Dad, and brothers Rex, Bram, and Lukey. But it''s not until she has a meltdown and Lukey comforts her that Uma figures out the secret to her chart--and her family. It''s the love that is shared inside a house''s walls. Told in first-person and featuring engaging graphic artwork, this fun and lively picture book--perfect for classroom use--is a reminder that someone''s true home is not a place, but rather the people with whom you surround yourself.

Die Rettung des Horizonts

release date: Aug 25, 2016
Die Rettung des Horizonts
Nach dem Bestseller ›Die Karte meiner Träume‹ endlich der neue, schräge Roman von Reif Larsen: ›Die Rettung des Horizonts‹ nimmt uns mit auf eine irrwitzige und spannende Reise rund um den Globus und durch das 20. Jahrhundert. An einem Apriltag des Jahres 1975 erblickt Radar Radmanovic in New Jersey das Licht der Welt. Nicht weiter ungewöhnlich, hätte der Junge weiße Haut wie seine Eltern und nicht dunkle wie eine Aubergine. Kein Arzt in den USA kann diesen Störfall der Biologie erklären. In der Hoffnung auf Heilung reist die Familie in die norwegische Arktis zu einer mysteriösen Gemeinde von Puppenspielern. Dort experimentiert man mit bestimmten Formen der Elektroschockbehandlung, die es ermöglichen soll, Radars Hautfarbe tiefgreifend zu ändern. Nach der Behandlung ist seine Haut zwar heller, aber er ist Epileptiker, und ist, wie sich im Laufe der Jahre herausstellt, sehr empfänglich für alle Arten von Elektrizität. Nach und nach finden an vielen Orten der Welt – in Bosnien während des Bürgerkriegs, im postdiktatorischen Kambodscha und im zusammenbrechenden Kongo – ungewöhnliche Kunstperformances statt, mit wie lebendig scheinenden Figuren und Vögeln, entwickelt von den unterschiedlichsten Menschen, die eine Gegenwelt zu Krieg und Gewalt aufbauen wollen. Und Radar, inzwischen erwachsen geworden, ist der ungewollte Mittelpunkt dieser verrückten Bewegung. Ein reiches, sehr vergnügliches Leseabenteuer der besonderen Art – ein physikalischer Schelmenroman.

I Am Radar

release date: Mar 29, 2016
I Am Radar
“Big, beautiful, ambitious . . . It takes narrative magic to pull off such a loopy combination, and luckily, Reif Larsen has it to spare. His prose is addictive and enchanting.” —Los Angeles Times The moment just before Radar Radmanovic is born, the hospital’s electricity fails. The delivery takes place in total darkness. Lights back on, everyone present sees a healthy baby boy—with jet-black skin—born to the stunned white parents. No one understands the uncanny electrical event or the unexpected skin color. “A childbirth is an explosion,” an ancient physician explains. “Some shrapnel is inevitable, isn’t it?” A kaleidoscopic novel both heartbreaking and dazzling, Reif Larsen’s I Am Radar rapidly explodes outward from Radar’s strange birth. In World War II Norway, a cadre of imprisoned schoolteachers founds a radical secret society that will hover on the margins of history for decades to come, performing acts of radical art and experimental science in the midst of conflict zones from embattled Bosnia to Khmer Rouge Cambodia and the contemporary Congo. All of these stories are linked by Radar—now a gifted radio operator living in the New Jersey Meadowlands—who struggles with love, a set of hapless parents, and a terrible medical affliction that he has only just begun to comprehend. Drawing on the furthest reaches of quantum physics, forgotten history, and mind-bending art, Larsen’s I Am Radar is a triumph of storytelling at its most primal, elegant, and epic: a breathtaking journey through humanity’s darkest hours, yet one that arrives at a place of shocking wonder and redemption.

Je m'appelle Radar

release date: Mar 10, 2016
Je m'appelle Radar
L''histoire est un cercle, et la vie un spectacle de marionnettes... Au commencement, Radar. Il naît dans le New Jersey en 1975 alors qu''une panne d''électricité plonge l''hôpital dans le noir. Le petit garçon vient au monde avec une peau d''un " noir d''aubergine " tandis que ses parents, Charlene et Kermin, sont blancs et que Charlene est une femme fidèle. Déboussolée, elle le soumet à une batterie de tests. Après des années de vaine quête auprès de différents médecins, Charlene et Kermin tentent un ultime essai : ils acceptent la bizarre invitation de Kirkenesferda, un groupe d''artistes-scientifiques du Grand Nord norvégien... Un roman-kaléidoscope foisonnant, jubilatoire, culotté et mordant, qui joue de tous les genres et de toutes les traditions pour bousculer le lecteur, le conquérir... et l''enchanter. " Captivant, magistral. Un roman multiforme passionnant. " Publishers Weekly

Ik ben Radar

release date: Feb 03, 2016
Ik ben Radar
New Jersey, 1975. Uitgerekend tijdens een stroomuitval wordt Radar geboren. Als er weer licht is, schrikken de ouders, want Radar ziet er anders uit dan verwacht. Meteen begint een avontuurlijke ontdekkingstocht naar de herkomst en de ‘genezing’ van Radar. De ouders reizen naar Noorwegen om aan een gewaagd experiment deel te nemen. Daar leren ze een groep poppenspelers kennen die in de brandhaarden van de wereld indrukwekkende optredens verzorgt. Rasverteller Larsen neemt je mee naar twee broers in Bosnië, naar de magie van een afgelegen rubberplantage in Cambodja en naar een containerschip op weg naar Congo met honderden mechanische vogels. Alle avonturen staan met elkaar in verband en Larsen weet je tot aan de grande finale in zijn ban te houden.

Entrances & Exits

release date: Jan 20, 2016
Entrances & Exits
A book set ‘inside’ Google Street View in which the author imagines a fictional narrative set around a set of real locations which were captured by Google’s cameras, and which the reader navigates.

Ik ben radar / druk 1

release date: Jan 07, 2016

Las obras escogidas de T. S. Spivet

release date: Jun 10, 2014
Las obras escogidas de T. S. Spivet
T. S. Spivet es un genio de doce años que vive en un rancho en Montana. Su padre es un silencioso cowboy y su madre una científica obsesionada con una mítica especie de escarabajo; su hermano ya no está, y su hermana parece normal, pero sólo lo parece. T. S. intenta entender este caos dibujando mapas e ilustraciones de una exactitud impresionante. Su talento pronto tiene recompensa: una institución científi ca le concede un prestigioso premio y, armado con una pequeña maleta, cruza el país para recogerlo. Las obras escogidas de T. S. Spivet es una novela sobre los grandes y pequeños misterios de la vida, y sobre cómo un niño con un telescopio y cuatro compases puede resolverlos.

The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet

release date: Mar 01, 2014
The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet
T S Spivet is a genius mapmaker who lives on a ranch in Montana. He is brilliant, and the Smithsonian Institution agrees, though when they award him a major scientific prize they don''t suspect for a moment that he is twelve years old. This book tells his story.

天才少年的奇幻冒險

release date: Jan 01, 2014

L'extravagant voyage du jeune et prodigieux T. S. Spivet

release date: Jan 01, 2011
L'extravagant voyage du jeune et prodigieux T. S. Spivet
T S Spivet est un jeune prodige de douze ans, passionné par la cartographie et les illustrations scientifiques. Un jour, le musée Smithsonian l''appelle : il a obtenu le très prestigieux prix Baird et il est invité à venir faire un discours. A l''insu de tous, il décide alors de traverser les Etats-Unis dans un train de marchandises pour rejoindre Washington DC... Mais là-bas, personne ne se doute qu''il n''est qu''un enfant. Muni d''un télescope, de quatre compas et des Mémoires de son arrière-arrière-grand-mère, T S entreprend un voyage initiatique qui lui permettra peut-être de comprendre enfin comment marche le monde... Notes, cartes et dessins se mêlent au récit avec un humour et une fantaisie irrésistibles.

Operele alese ale lui T. S. Spivet

release date: Jan 01, 2011

Izabrani radovi T.V. Spiveta

release date: Jan 01, 2011
Izabrani radovi T.V. Spiveta
This brilliant, boundary-leaping debut novel traces 12-year-old genius map-maker T.S. Spivet''s attempts to understand the ways of the world, taking T.S. on a journey from his family ranch just north of Divide, Montana, to the Smithsonian''s hallowed halls.

T. S. Spivet' in seçme eserleri

release date: Jan 01, 2011

Le mappe dei miei sogni

release date: Jan 01, 2010

De verzamelde werken van T.S. Spivet

release date: Jan 01, 2010
De verzamelde werken van T.S. Spivet
Een 12-jarig wonderkind dat de wereld obsessief probeert te ordenen in kaarten en schema''s, krijgt tijdens een treinreis steeds meer inzicht in zichzelf.

L'extravagant voyage du jeune et prodigieux T.S. Spivet : [roman]

release date: Jan 01, 2010

The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet, the 12c Floor Display

release date: Jan 01, 2010

The Puppet

release date: Jan 01, 2010

T.S. Spivets utvalgte verker

release date: Jan 01, 2010
T.S. Spivets utvalgte verker
T.S. Spivet er en tolv år gammel kartograf som mottar en uventet oppringning fra Smithsonian Institution i Washington D.C. om at han har vunnet den prestisjetunge Baird-prisen. Fra den dagen er den slutt på den vanlige tilværelsen til T.S. Han drar ut på en vill ferd over kontinentet uten at foreldrene får vite noe. Vi opplever ferden gjennom USA gjennom T.S. sine øyne og det viser seg raskt at alt han har lært blir satt på prøve da han ankommer D.C. for å ta i mot prisen.

Świat według T.S. Spiveta

release date: Jan 01, 2010
Świat według T.S. Spiveta
This brilliant, boundary-leaping debut novel traces 12-year-old genius map-maker T.S. Spivet''s attempts to understand the ways of the world, taking T.S. on a journey from his family ranch just north of Divide, Montana, to the Smithsonian''s hallowed halls.

Mapa mých světů

release date: Jan 01, 2010

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

release date: Jan 01, 2009
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
When twelve-year-old cartography genius T.S. Spivet receives a prestigious award, he leaves his quiet ranch home in Montana for Washington, D.C., and he learns more about himself and the world around him on his journey.

Die Karte meiner Träume

release date: Jan 01, 2009
Die Karte meiner Träume
T.S. Spivet (12) hat ein ungewöhnliches Hobby: Er zeichnet Karten aller Art. Dies tut er mit wissenschaftlicher Akribie und wird prompt zu einer Preisvergabe nach Washington eingeladen. Versteckt in einem Güterzug macht er sich auf die Reise.

Udvalgte værker af T.S. Spivet

release date: Jan 01, 2009

This is Not what I Came Here for

release date: Jan 01, 2003

O mundo explicado por T.S Spivet

O mundo explicado por T.S Spivet
''O mundo explicado por T. S. Spivet'' narra a viagem de um menino de doze anos que foge de casa e se esconde em um trem rumo ao outro lado do país onde mora. Ele registra suas aventuras, que vão desde lugares históricos até uma simples lanchonete, tudo narrado pelos olhos de uma criança. No meio do caminho, um segredo de família o desperta para a importância daqueles que ficaram para trás.
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