Номер 12, страница 33 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс рабочая тетрадь Вербицкая, Фрикер

Unit 4. Secret worlds - номер 12, страница 33.

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12 Read the review and complete the information.

1 Name of book: _______________

2 Author: _______________

3 Three characters in the book: _______________

4 Best thing about the book: _______________

5 Type of book: _______________

BOOK REVIEW FICTION

Tom Robbins is back and better than ever

1 Stunning, magical and beautifully written, I thoroughly aenjoy/enjoyed Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins's fourth and, possibly, best, novel. The story is the tale of a thousand-year-old man and the search for the world's most wonderful perfume. back should she wish (and be able) to return. The other three stories concern modern day perfumers who keep receiving beetroots, but have no idea who is delivering them or why.

2 The book bopens/opened with a description of the qualities of beetroots. Why? You will have to read the book to find out. It ccontinues/continued with four separate but related tales set in Seattle, New Orleans, Paris and 10th century Bohemia. Alobar is the king of a small 10th century Bohemian village, and he descopes/escaped from the death which all the village's kings must face when they show signs of ageing. After meeting the god Pan, a pipe playing, half man – half goat character with an alarmingly strong smell, he edecides/decided to continue escaping death for as long as he can. He is joined by a young Indian widow, Kudra, and they fspend/spent the next 700 years travelling around Europe. They have to keep moving because others become suspicious when they don't age like everyone else. Kudra gleaves/left Alobar to see 'the other side' (death), and Alobar, with the dying Pan's help, hcreates/created a perfume that will guide her

3 One of the things I ilike/liked best about the book, and all Tom Robbins's books, apart from the wonderful stories, is the incredibly beautiful description he uses. A grey hair in Alobar's beard is described as being 'as white as the snow that a swan has flown over'. He brings characters to life and can make the most unbelievable ideas seem totally real. The idea of a thousand-year-old man talking to an ancient Greek god in 17th century Paris doesn't seem strange at all. My only criticism of the book centres on the modern day stories which are funny but not as magical. I jfind/found myself reading these sections more quickly to get back to Alobar and Kudra's travels.

4 All in all, though, if you're a fan of fantasy books, you'll love this. And, if you're not, I would still recommend it because it is also an adventure story, a comedy, a historical novel and a romance, as well as and it has one of the most heartwarming endings ever written.

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