by John Boyne · Kalandraka · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496957879
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«Motín na Bounty» is the historical novel by John Boyne, published by Kalandraka in paperback (480 pages, in Galician).
John Jacob Turnstile, a fourteen-year-old pickpocket, chooses to board the Bounty rather than go to prison. The ship, under the command of Captain William Bligh, travels to Tahiti on a voyage that will end in a famous mutiny. The novel recreates the ocean journey, the stay in Tahiti and the expedition to Timor, with a different view of Captain Bligh and Christian.
The translation is by Carlos Acevedo. The English original, «Mutiny on the Bounty», was published in 2008; this 2010 edition belongs to the Narrativa K collection.
For readers of historical fiction and nautical adventures; it is a fictionalised retelling of the Bounty mutiny with a teenage protagonist.
John Boyne is an Irish novelist and writer. He is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six novels for younger readers, two novellas, and one collection of short stories. Boyne's historical novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) received critical acclaim and was adapted into a 2008 drama film of the same name. As of 2022, the book has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 58 languages, making it one of the best-selling books of all time. A sequel, titled All the Broken Places, was published in 2022.
