Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher's carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbor's dog, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing.
Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer and turns to his favorite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents' marriage. As he tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, we are drawn into the workings of Christopher's mind.
And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon's choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotion. The effect is dazzling, making for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing is a mind that perceives the world literally.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is one of the freshest debuts in years: a comedy, a heartbreaker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.
저자소개
저자 : Haddon, Mark 22살에 작가로 데뷔한 마크 해던은 주로 어린이 책을 쓰면서 일러스트레이터로, 또 극작가로 다양하고 활발한 활동을 해왔다.
목차
* 현재 상품정보를 준비중 에 있습니다.
책 속으로
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모할까 모할까 하다가 책장에 안읽은 책들 있길래 뒤적뒤적하다가
고른 책. 그래서 읽기 시작함. ...
모할까 모할까 하다가 책장에 안읽은 책들 있길래 뒤적뒤적하다가
고른 책. 그래서 읽기 시작함.
간만에 새벽늦게까지 나를 붙잡아 놓는 책을 발견하여서
너무 좋았다. 스토리도 재밌고.
처음엔 앞집개의 죽음으로 시작으로 해서 결국엔 런던에
엄마까지 만나러 간 Christopher. 읽다보면서 정말 뭐 이런애가
있나 싶었다. 감정이라고는 좋다싫다 밖에 모르고, 자기밖에 모르고 남이 자기를 만지는것도 너무 싫어하고, 상식밖의 행동도 조금
보여주고, 싫은건 분명하고, 그런데 수학과학은 기똥차게 잘하고.
알고보니 자폐아 였다.
지금 생각해보면,
차라리 자폐아인걸 모른채 읽었더라면 좀 더 괜찮았을듯 한데
다 알고 읽었더니 동정의 눈으로 보게되니깐 괜히 미안해진다.
제일 좀 '헉' 한 부분이 있었는데
Christopher의 엄마아빠는 별거중인데, Christopher 는 아빠랑 살고있고. 엄마는 떨어져 있는 와중에도 늘 Christoper 에게 편지쓰고, 그런데 그 편지는 Christoper 가 못읽도록 아빠가 미리 가로챈다. (뭐 나중에 Christopher 에게 들키긴 하지만.)
여튼 그 아빠가 엄마에게;
"I cooked his meal. I cleand his clothes. I looked after him every weekend.
I looked after him when he was ill. I took him to the doctor. I worried myself sick every time he wandered off somewhere at night.
I went to school every time he got into a fight. And you? What? You wrote him some fucking letters."