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The Hug Hardcover - 2013

Name: The Hug
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Author: Grossman, David
ISBN: 9781468302738

by David Grossman; Michal Rovner (Illustrator); Stuart Schoffman (Translator)

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Summary

“You are sweet,” Ben’s mother tells him as they walk in the field at sunset, “There is no one like you in the entire world!” “I want there to be someone like me!” Ben exclaims, for if he is the only person like himself in the entire world, he wonders, won’t he get lonely?

In The Hug, internationally renowned author David Grossman tells the moving story of the moment when Ben realizes that no two living creatures are alike—not his mother and father, their beautiful dog Miracle or the ants who march side by side at his feet and appear identical—and the loneliness he feels knowing that there is no one else quite like him in the whole world. But just as he is feeling the most alone he has ever felt, he is soothed by his mother’s loving hug. Timeless, touching, and beautifully produced, The Hug is a charming and important work for parents and children encountering the feeling of being different, together

From the publisher

David Grossman was born in Jerusalem. He is the author of numerous works of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature. His work has appeared in The New Yorker and has been translated into thirty languages. He is the recipient of many prizes, including the French Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the Buxtehuder Bulle in Germany, Rome’s Premio per la Pace e l’Azione Umitaria, the Premio Ischia-- International Award for Journalism, Israel’s Emet Prize, and the Albatross Prize given by the Günter Grass Foundation.

Michal Rovner lives and works between New York City and a farm in Israel. Rovner’s work in video, sculpture and installation creates a chain of associations from the poetic to the political. In Rovner’s work has been exhibited worldwide in over fifty solo exhibitions including a mid-career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of Art, New York, and Histoires (2011), a solo exhibition in three parts at the Musee du Louvre in Paris.

Details

Title The Hug
Author David Grossman; Michal Rovner (Illustrator); Stuart Schoffman (Translator)
Binding Hardcover
Edition First printing
Pages 32
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Harry N. Abrams, New York
Date 2013-10-31
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9781468302738 / 1468302736
Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
Dimensions 9.35 x 7.45 x 0.6 in (23.75 x 18.92 x 1.52 cm)
Ages 04 to 08 years
Grade levels P - 3
Library of Congress subjects Mothers and sons, Loneliness
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016286506
Dewey Decimal Code E

About the author

David Grossman was born inJerusalem. He is the author of numerous works of fiction, nonfiction, and children s literature. His work has appeared in "The New Yorker" and has been translated into thirty languages. He is the recipient of many prizes, including the French Chevalier de l Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the Buxtehuder Bulle in Germany, Rome s Premio per la Pace e l Azione Umitaria, the Premio Ischia-- International Award for Journalism, Israel s Emet Prize, and the Albatross Prize given by the Gunter Grass Foundation.
Michal Rovner lives and works between New York City and a farm in Israel. Rovner s work in video, sculpture and installation creates a chain of associations from the poetic to the political. In Rovner s work has been exhibited worldwide in over fifty solo exhibitions including a mid-career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of Art, New York, and Histoires (2011), a solo exhibition in three parts at the Musee du Louvre inParis."