THE SODĀGO (or ALICE IN BERLIN)
by Joanne Maria McNally
Description
Playful quirky satire for children and adults of all ages.
THE SODĀGO (or ALICE IN BERLIN) is a playful satire on contemporary issues viewed mainly from the perspective of beings other than the human folk. The action is set in modern-day Berlin: the themes are universal; the setting is unique. Berlin is the place where the East meets the West, where history and politics collide, where building chaos reigns and where cabaret still blossoms in all shapes and sizes. It is also the place where Alice becomes acquainted with Hans the Sparrow from her native islands.
Through their companionship Alice gets to know a whole menagerie of colourful characters including Marti the Magpie, the Robin Hood of the East, Bertta the Bear, an expert computer programmer, and Clara the guilt-ridden wise old Cuckoo, a tireless reformer of cuckoo offenders. At the ‘Cabaret of Creatures’ Alice is also treated to glimpses of natural wonders rarely perceived by the human folks. As Alice gets to know the characters more intimately she also becomes exposed to a different way of thinking about life, especially during the conference of the birds which Clara chairs.
When far-reaching catastrophe looms, it is the birds, with the help of Grisgris the Grapevine, a new song-dance-gossip creation called ‘The Sodāgo’ and ingenious Bertta, with her looking-glass construction, that come to the rescue and save the human folks from their destructive instincts and actions. By turning perceptions upside-down and inside-out, the magical world of all creatures is safeguarded for generations to come, as the human folks are no longer able to determine whether the world in which they are living is the real one, or the one beyond the Looking-Glass Ceiling. But who really saved our magical world?
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Rights Information
Rights held by Joanne Maria McNally
Endorsements
Elizabeth Ruge, literary director of ‘Berlin Verlag’ (part of Bloomsbury Group). Manuscript highly recommended and sent to Bloomsbury, London in 2003.
Bibliographic Information
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- FormatPaperback
- Pages90
- Publish StatusPublished
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