The boy with the cuckoo-clock heart
By: Mathias Malzieu ; translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone
Contributors: Ardizzone, Sarah, 1970-
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780307271686; 9780307472137
Work titles: Mécanique du cœur
Description: Edinburgh, 1874. Born with a frozen heart, Jack is near death when his mother abandons him to the care of Dr. Madeleine--witch doctor, midwife, protector of orphans--who saves Jack by placing a cuckoo clock in his chest. And it is in her orphanage that Jack grows up among tear-filled flasks, eggs containing memories, and a man with a musical spine.
Notes: Translation originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2009.

Translated from the French.