The Daydreamer

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About this book

In these seven interlinked stories the grown-up Peter reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality Peter experiences magical transformations when he swaps bodies with William, the family cat, the baby Kenneth and, in the final story, wakes up as a twelve-year-old inside a grown-up body and experiences the adventure of falling in love.

Publishers

  • Original publisher English: Vintage
  • English (Canada): Alfred A. Knopf
  • English (US): HarperCollins
  • English: Jonathan Cape
  • English: Philipp Reclam Jun. GmbH & Co.
  • English: Recorded Books
  • English: William Heinemann
  • English (Japan): Nan' Un-do Publishing Co Ltd
  • Catalan: Editorial Cruilla
  • Croatian: Vorto Palabra
  • French: Gallimard
  • German (Switzerland): Diogenes
  • Hebrew: Am Oved
  • Italian: Edizioni El Srl
  • Italian: Edumond le Monnier
  • Italian: Einaudi
  • Japanese: Chuokoron-Sha
  • Korean: Daehan Printing & Publishing
  • Polish: Spoleczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak
  • Portuguese: Gradiva
  • Portuguese (Brazil): Editora Rocco Ltda
  • Serbian: Paideia Publishing House
  • Spanish: Anagrama
  • Taiwanese: Wisdom Publishing Co.

About the client & agent

Ian McEwan
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