"Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's syndrome. He knows a great deal about maths and very little about human beings..."

Entertaining and thought provoking at the same time

Released on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 at about 12:00:00 PM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Schnabelewopski in der Altstadt in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany.

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fürs meet-up
wahrscheinlich leihweise an linguistkris

Auf diese Leihgabe von lesezeichen freue ich mich besonders -- danke für's Mitbringen!

I *really* enjoyed this book -- and that wasn't only because it was the first work of fiction I allowed myself to read after a month of exam preparation, sort of as a reward to myself that I had managed everything well.
"The Curious Incident" is an insightful story about the everyday life of an autistic youth, and, for all I can tell, feels authentic and makes the condition accessible to readers with no further knowledge about Asperger's syndrome.
What begins as a detective story turns, via a somewhat strenuous road-movie episode, into a tale about families and relationships; what might sound like a rather mundane subject and the stuff of your ordinary young adults novel is made special and unique through narrator Christopher's detached view on the world.
I highly recommend this book and plan to buy a -German- copy for the younger brother of a friend.

Released on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at about 12:00:00 PM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Schnabelewopski in der Altstadt in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany.

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Zurück an lesezeichen, denke ich?

I'd recommend this book to anyone interested further in Asperger's syndrome: Martian in the Playground.

And then I was pointed to this article which might be of interest.

The book is back with me for the time being. Thanks kris for the great je.

Reserved for "that their light may always shine" Release Challenge! In conjunction with the Compassionate Friends "WorldWide Candlelighting Day" on December 11th, 2005.

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... in Düsseldorf-Unterbilk im Eingangsbereich...