Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

Name: Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Rating: 8.2 (15 reviews)
Author: Марк Данн
ISBN: 0385722435, 978-0385722438

Марк Данн

Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina. Nollop was named after Nevin Nollop, author of the immortal phrase containing all the letters of the alphabet, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” Now Ella finds herself acting to save her friends, family, and fellow citizens from the encroaching totalitarianism of the island’s Council, which has banned the use of certain letters of the alphabet as they fall from a memorial sta...

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Издательство:

Vintage

ISBN:

0385722435, 978-0385722438

Год издания:

2002

Язык:

Английский

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.17 x 0.59 x 7.94 inches

Возрастные ограничения:

18+

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lfcbabe
16 марта 2012
Симпатичная небольшая сказка, практически лингвистическая антиутопия в эпистолярной форме. Она не очень серьёзная и форма довлеет над содержанием, но как интересный эксперимент, практически книга-игра должна понравиться языковым энтузиастам.
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Jocelyn_Phoenix
21 августа 2026
This hit harder than I expected.

I was planning on reading a quirky book with some linguistic playfulness. What do you mean it read as a thriller and almost made me cry?

For a short book with a somewhat silly premise, it reflected too well basic rights being taken from people and various consequences of it.

The letters got a bit confusing at times. Yes, each one had a signature saying who was writing but the voices weren’t distinct enough, even before the limitations.

I was a little disappointed by the “okay, you can replace the forbidden letters with similar sounding ones now” by the end. I’d rather it went all the way.

Overall, a surprisingly emotional read with some linguistic fun.
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