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Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay (1979, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100395284252
ISBN-139780395284254
eBay Product ID (ePID)133694
Product Key Features
Book TitleMotel of the Mysteries
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAction & Adventure / General, Form / Parodies, Humorous / General
Publication Year1979
IllustratorYes
GenreYoung Adult Fiction, Fiction, Humor
AuthorDavid Macaulay
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight13.2 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition18
Reviews"David Macaulay . . . is a superb craftsman and an imaginative writer and illustrator . . . His new book is a marvel of imagination and a comfortable satire. He projects a time when our civilization will have been buried . . . As always with Mr. Macaulay's books, wonderfully illustrated." The New York Times, David Macaulay . . . is a superb craftsman and an imaginative writer and illustrator . . . His new book is a marvel of imagination and a comfortable satire. He projects a time when our civilization will have been buried . . . As always with Mr. Macaulay's books, wonderfully illustrated.
Grade FromFifth Grade
Dewey Decimal818/.5/407
SynopsisIt is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that extraordinary civilization.
LC Classification NumberPN6231.C46
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- 29 Oct, 2018
You will laugh at every page.
Very funny stuff and done with great academic skill.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Apr, 2020
Great Book, Great Source
Great book as a gift for a friendVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 21 Apr, 2020
Hilarious
The book is hilariousVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Oct, 2017
Send up of archaeological guesses
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 May, 2024
great
greatVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
