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Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn

 
Description: ISBN 0413772950 / Author: Mark Dunn / Genre: Fiction / Nevin Nollop left the islanders of Nollop with the treasured legacy of his pangram ... more
Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn ... the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. But as the letters begin to crumble on the monumental inscription, the island's council forbids the use of the lost letters and silence threatens Ella and her family.

Newest Review: ... the long-dead Nollop to cease use of the letters in question. The first letter to go is 'z'. Although many feel life ... more

 ... without 'z' will not be such a hardship, Tassie sees the potential ramifications of this censorship, questioning the impact on the village library and the loss of freedom of the people to communicate. Nollop is somewhat cut off from the modern world, with minimal electronic technology, and she fears the mindset of 'Island Medievalism'. Ella, too, is fearful when she considers the penalties announced by the Council for use of the illegal letter; a public reprimand for a first offence, a choice between flogging or the stock...more

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Crowned Review Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn: Language Liberation (822 words)
by - written on 07/10/09 (Very useful, 107 readings)
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Mark Dunn's first novel, Ella Minnow Pea is introduced to us as 'A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable'. I have just read it for the second time and found it charming, frightening, clever, playful, thoughtful and inspiring all at once. The story is told through written correspondence, mostly between cousins Ella and Tassie, but also those of various other characters and sometimes even notes left for each other pinned to a fridge. The action takes place on the fictional island of Nollop, an independent Country 21 miles Southeast of South Carolina. Nevin Nollop, former islander, is hailed as the creator of the pangram sentence 'the quick ...  Read the complete review

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Premium Review Enjoy a Dollop of Nollop! (1051 words)
by - written on 30/03/07 (Very useful, 259 readings)
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As part of my job I like to keep up to date on the books people are talking about, or are GOING to be talking about. When a colleague told us about Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn at a staff meeting, I was intrigued and had to order it to check it out for myself. ~~~THE PLOT. This is the tale of a girl called Ella, who lives on the island of Nollop. The island is named after Nevin Nollop ~ a kind of demi-god to the people. Nevin left the islanders a legacy; a pangram which uses every letter of the alphabet ~ "THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG". These words are immortalized on a stone tablet under a statue of the great Mr Nollop. ...  Read the complete review

 

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