The Chbosky, Stephen creator author text novel Epistolary fiction Young adult fiction enk London Simon & Schuster UK 2024 monographic eng

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240 pages ; 20 cm. Charlie is a shy and introspective teenage boy, a wallflower always standing on the edge of the action. We learn about him through the letters he writes to someone of an undisclosed name, age and gender, a stylistic technique which adds to the heart-wrenching earnestness of the story. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. Charlie encounters many of the struggles familiar to everybody from their school days, from making friends, first crushes, experimenting with drugs and sexuality, but he must also deal with his best friend's suicide and a shocking realisation about his beloved late Aunt Helen which challenges his very grip on reality. This is a funny, touching, memorable first novel which captures with resounding accuracy the voice of a boy teetering on the brink of adulthood. juvenile / Stephen Chbosky. High school students Social conditions Fiction Teenagers Fiction Letters Fiction Diary fiction PS3553.H3469 P47 2012 9781398530003 StDuBDS 240311 20251013162638.0 991027154296307026 eng