Framed (Boyce novel)

Masterpiece ( Original title: Framed ) is a youth book by the English screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce which this published in 2005. The book was translated into German by Salah Naoura and released in 2006 with Carlsen -Verlag. This is shown in a humorous and poetic way, how art can change the world.

Action

Manod is a small, insignificant village in Wales on the A 496 the town's landmark is the gray mountain where earlier slate was mined. Life in the village is monotonous. Everything is gray: the mountain, the life, the weather. More and more people are moving away. In this village, the Hughes family runs the Snowdonia Cars oasis, a small car repair shop. At the moment the business of Hughes not going so well.

But suddenly it is exciting again in Manod, as several transporters drive up the mountain road and dip the top of the mountain in bright light. Various rumors emerge, but after some time it becomes clear: The National Gallery stores here in the mine their collection to protect them from the flood in London. The men of the National Gallery guarding the paintings on the mountain of Manod, Hughes came to earn a new business idea to make money. They bake different cakes and give them names of famous artists, such as " Titian - pie " or " Turner chocolate cake ", which they then sell to the workers on the mountain. Thus it goes with the car oasis uphill again.

Gradually get residents of the location to see images - and even though no one has even the slightest idea of art ( but lots of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ), modify these images, the residents, the place and the life.

Main Characters

Dylan Hughes - is the main character. In the automotive oasis he assumes the role of the market researcher. He is also the narrator of the story.

Minnie Hughes - is the younger sister of Dylan. She has a penchant for crime. Minnie takes the role of the strategist in the automotive oasis.

Marie Hughes - is the older sister of Dylan.Wegen its extraordinary beauty, she represents the automotive oasis.

Max Hughes - is the younger brother of Dylan and a baby.

Mum Hughes - is the mother of Dylan. She is the manager of the Automotive oasis. For the oasis she likes to buy one at flea markets.

Dad Hughes - is Dylan's father. Does the car oasis as their captain. He possesses the ability to fix anything.

Tom - Friend of Dylan. After a crime he is an employee of the car oasis. He is a great Ninja Turtles fan.

Quentin Lester - he manages the painting in the National Gallery londener in the mine of Manod.

In the book occurring paintings

  • Manchester Madonna by Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1497
  • " Still Life with Oranges and Walnuts " by Luis Eugenio Meléndez, 1772
  • " A Grotesque Old Woman ' by Quentin Massys, 1525-30
  • " The Umbrellas " by Pierre -Auguste Renoir, 1881-86
  • " The Wilton Diptych ', 1395-99
  • " The Arnolfini Portrait " by Jan van Eyck, 1434
  • " Bathers at La Grenouillère " by Claude Monet, 1869
  • " The Ambassadors " by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533
  • "Sunflowers" by Vincent van Gogh, 1888
  • " A Greek prisoners " ( Maria Pasqua Abruzzesi ) by Henriette Browne, 1863

Awards

  • Shortlist for Guardian Award 2006
  • Selection list German Youth Literature Award 2007
  • Literary work
  • Literature ( English )
  • Literature ( 21st century)
  • Children 's and Youth Literature
Children's literature Quentin Matsys The Ambassadors (Holbein) Sunflowers (Van Gogh series) Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
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