num_pages: 144
description: From award-winning master Ian McEwan comes an enchanting work of fiction that appeals equally to adults and children. In these seven exquisite, interlinked episodes, grown-up Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood.Living somewhere between dream and reality, Peter experiences fantastical transformations: he swaps bodies with the family cat and cranky infant, battles a very bad doll who comes to life to seek revenge, and discovers in a kitchen drawer some vanishing cream that actually makes people vanish. In the final story, he wakes up as an eleven-year-old inside a grown-up's body and embarks on the truly fantastic adventure of falling in love. Moving, dreamlike and extraordinary, "The Daydreamer" is a celebration of imagination and fantasy.
language: English
title: The Daydreamer
titlecomplete: The Daydreamer
characters: Thomas Fortune, Peter Fortune, Viola Fortune, Kate Fortune
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Short Stories, British Literature, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Contemporary, Fantasy
ratings_count: 7473
publisher: Anchor Books