School Blues (Paperback)

Daniel Pennac has never forgotten what it was like to be a very unsatisfactory student, nor the day one of his teachers saved his life by assigning him the task of writing a novel. This was the moment Pennac realized that no-one has to be a failure for ever. In School Blues, Pennac explores the many facets of schooling: how fear makes children reject education; how children can be captivated by inventive thinking; how consumerism has altered attitudes to learning. Haunted by memories of his own turbulent time in the classroom, Pennac enacts dialogues with his teachers, his parents and his own students, and serves up much more than a bald analysis of how young people are consistently failed by a faltering system. School Blues is not only universally applicable, but it is unquestionably a work of literature in its own right, driven by subtlety, sensitivity and a passion for pedagogy, while embracing the realities of contemporary culture.

General

Imprint:	MacLehose Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	August 2011
Authors:	Daniel Pennac
Foreword by:	Quentin Blake
Translators:	Sarah Ardizzone
Dimensions:	197 x 130 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-906694-87-6
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-906694-87-7
Barcode:	9781906694876

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