LOWRY, Lois.
The Giver.
"Perhaps it was only an echo": First Edition of The Giver; Signed by Lois Lowry
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
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First edition. Octavo. Signed and inscribed by the author, who has transcribed the last lines of this work, "He heard people singin. Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo." Fine in a fine dust jacket. A very nice inscription.
In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price. "A powerful and provacative novel" (The New York Times). Made into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift, Alexander Skarsgard, and Brenton Thwaites.
The Giver.
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