Breaktime (novel)
Breaktime is a young adult novel by Aidan Chambers. The book follows Ditto who debates with his friend Morgan about the value of literature, but has to retreat for a week to sort things out.[1][2]
 First edition | |
| Author | Aidan Chambers |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Dance Sequence |
| Genre | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Bodley Head |
Publication date | 1978 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 138 |
| ISBN | 0-370-30122-6 |
| Followed by | Dance on My Grave |
The novel has been described as "famous for its unique narrative style and sexual content",[3] and its narrative techniques have been compared to those of James Joyce's Ulysses.[4]
Reception
Kirkus Reviews praised "the ease with which Chambers adapts modernist experimental techniques and post-modernist plays on the conventions of fiction to an accessible YA level", and noted that Ditto was a "candid reporter, alert and responsive come-what-may".[5]
References
- "Breaktime". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- "About us".
- Aidan Chambers' "Breaktime": Class Conflict and Anxiety in the Work of a Scholarship-Boy Writer, by Haru Takiuchi; Children's Literature in Education, v47 n1 p36-49 Mar 2016
- Reviews 2010: Reading the Novels of Aidan Chambers: Seven Essays, by Lydia Kokkola; at the International Research Society for Children's Literature; published 2010
- BREAKTIME by Aidan Chambers, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews; published March 1, 1979
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