Lo que aprendi de mi pingüino / The Penguin Lessons: What I Learned from a Remar kable Bird (Obras diversas) (Spanish Edition)
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Book Info
Author
Michell, Tom
Word Count
64,000 words
based on page count
Pages
256 pages
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Edition Publisher
Plaza & Janés
Edition Publish Date
2016-01-01
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 8401016967
ISBN-13: 9788401016967
Description
Conmovedora y encantadora. La historia real de un joven profesor ingl�s y un ping�ino, una amistad extraordinaria en la Argentina de los a�os sesenta. �Qu� har�as si un ping�ino al que acabas de rescatar no quisiera separarse de ti? �Te atrever�as a cruzar una frontera con �l en autob�s y dejarle formar parte de tu vida? Inglaterra, a�os 70. A sus 23 a�os, Tom Michell est� soltero y con ganas de ampliar horizontes. Cuando le ofrecen un puesto de profesor en un internado ingl�s de Argentina, acepta encantado pese a la fragilidad pol�tica y econ�mica que vive el pa�s. Durante unas vacaciones en Uruguay, Tom rescata a un ping�ino atrapado en un vertido de petr�leo. A partir de entonces, se establece entre ambos una relaci�n muy especial. El ping�ino se las arregla para hacerse entender y dialogar con Tom, quien decide llamarle Juan Salvador. Tras limpiarlo, reanimarlo y darse cuenta de queel ping�ino no piensa volver al mar bajo ning�n concepto, Tom entiende que no le queda m�s remedio que llev�rselo de vuelta a Argentina. Es el principio de una ins�lita amistad y de una convivencia que durar� varios a�os. Esta criatura tan sociable como exc�ntrica se convertir�, entre otras cosas, en la mascota del equipo de rugby del internado, en el confidente del ama de llaves, en el anfitri�n de numerosas fiestas en los aposentos de Tom y en el entrenador de nataci�n m�s estrafalario de la historia... Juan Salvador transformar� la vida de todos, desde la del ni�o m�s solitario del colegio hasta la del propio Tom, quien en este libro �nico nos relata las experiencias vividas durante aquellos a�os con su entra�able e inimitable amigo el ping�ino. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A unique and moving real-life story of the extraordinary bond between a young teacher and a penguin, this book will delight readers who loved Marley & Me, Dewey the Library Cat, The Good Good Pig, and any book by Jon Katz. In 1975, twenty-three-year-old Englishman Tom Michell follows his wanderlust to Argentina, where he becomes assistant master at a prestigious boarding school. But Michell’s adventures really begin when, on a weekend in Uruguay, he rescues a penguin covered in oil from an ocean spill, cleans the bird up, and attempts to return him to the sea. The penguin refuses to leave his rescuer’s side. "That was the moment at which he became my penguin, and whatever the future held, we’d face it together,” says Michell in this charming memoir. Michell names the penguin Juan Salvador ("John Saved”), but Juan Salvador, as it turns out, is the one who saves Michell. After Michell smuggles the bird back to Argentina and into his campus apartment, word spreads about the young Englishman’s unusual roommate. Juan Salvador is suddenly the center of attention--as mascot of the rugby team, confidant to the dorm housekeeper, co-host of Michell’s parties, and an unprecedented swimming coach to a shy boy. Even through the collapse of the Per�nist government and amid the country’s economic and political strife, Juan Salvador brings joy to everyone around him--especially Michell, who considers the affectionate animal a compadre and kindred spirit. Witty and heartwarming, The Penguin Lessons is a classic in the making, a story that is both absurd and wonderful, exactly like Juan Salvador.
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