Книга: Jan Mark «Oxford Bookworms Library 2: Too Old to Rock and Roll and Other Stories»
Серия: "Oxford Bookworms Library" Greg is a teenager with a problem - his father. After the death of Greg's mother in an accident, his father takes no interest in life at all. Greg tries hard to help him. His father is too old to rock and roll, of course... or is he? These short stories by Jan Mark look at life, love, and friendship through teenagers'eyes. Издательство: "Oxford University Press" (2008)
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Jan Mark
Jan Mark (
She is justly famous for her acutely-observed short stories which do not waste a single word and which show an imaginative use of language. She also wrote novels about seemingly ordinary children in contemporary settings, e.g. "Thunder and Lightnings", as well as science fiction novels set in their own universes with their own rules, e.g. "The Ennead". Her last works include the young adult novels "The Eclipse of the Century" and
The title of "Thunder and Lightnings", a story set in rural
Jan Mark was very popular in Flanders, Belgium, where she participated in an educational project to stimulate teachers of English into using teenage fiction in the classroom. Her Flemish friends devoted a website to her and to her work. [http://www.janmark.be]
Jan Mark died suddenly at her home in Oxford from
elected Bibliography
*"King John and the Abbot" (2006) ISBN 978-1-84299-385-9
*"Turbulence" (2005) ISBN 0-340-86099-5
*"Riding Tycho" (2005) ISBN 0-340-91320-7
*"Useful Idiots" (2004) ISBN 0-385-75023-4
*"The Eclipse of the Century" (1999) ISBN 0-439-01482-4
*"Mr Dickens Hits Town" (1999) ISBN 0-88776-468-1
*"The Midas Touch" (1999) ISBN 0-7636-0488-7
*"My Frog and I" (1997) ISBN 1-903285-97-6
*"The Tale of Tobias" (1996) ISBN 1-56402-692-2
*"They Do Things Differently There" (1994) ISBN 0-09-941397-3
*"Fun With Mrs Thumb" (1993) ISBN 1-56402-247-1
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*"Zeno Was Here" (1988) ISBN 0-374-29664-2
*"Fun" (1988) ISBN 0-670-82457-7
*"Trouble Half-way" (1986) ISBN 0-689-31210-5
*"Fur" (1986) ISBN 0-7445-0478-3
*"Handles" (1985) ISBN 0-689-31140-0
*"Feet and Other Stories" (1983) ISBN 0-7226-5839-7
*"Aquarius" (1982) ISBN 0-689-31051-X
*"The Dead Letter Box" (1982) ISBN 0-241-10804-7
*"Nothing To Be Afraid Of" (1981) ISBN 0-06-024087-3
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*"Divide and Rule" (1980) ISBN 0-690-04012-1
*"The Ennead" (1978) ISBN 0-690-03872-0
*"Under the Autumn Garden" (1977) ISBN 0-7226-5347-6
*"Thunder and Lightnings" (1976) ISBN 0-690-03901-8
References
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1693225,00.html] Obituary in The Guardian
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article717718.ece] Obituary in The Times
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060118/ai_n16000033] Obituary by Nicholas Tucker in The Independent
External links
* [http://www.janmark.be Jan Mark's Flemish fansite]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/jan-mark/ Jan Mark at Fantastic Fiction]
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