num_pages: 278
description: 'I was twelve years old the first time I walked on water.'Meet Walt, the irrepressible hero of Paul Auster's astonishing new novel, the orphan from the mid-West who is set on the road to stardom by the dark and mesmerising figure of Master Yehudi.When the master takes little Walt back to the mysterious house on the great plains, he initiates the tutorial process that will culminate in Walt learning to fly.
language: English
title: Mr. Vertigo
titlecomplete: Mr. Vertigo
characters: Mother Sioux, Walt Rawley, Uncle Slim, Aesop, Master Yehudi.
genres: 20th Century, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Fantasy, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 14016
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Premi Protagonista Jove
category: Categoria 16-17 anys
publisher: Faber and Faber