![]() ![]() In this third book, there is no traditional narrative until page 392. Given my age, Selznick’s books were not around when I was a child (Selznick is actually slightly younger than me) but I can imagine the impact they might have had on me had they been. What it draws contains the clue to a fascinating real-life French pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès. It is clearly meant to write or draw something when it is working. ![]() In The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Hugo inherits a broken clockwork automaton from his father which has a human form. What is even more fascinating for the reader, is that Selznick’s mysteries are based on a reality. In each of the three novels they are faced with a fascinating problem – a mystery or conundrum – which draws them closer to deeper truths and discoveries about the past. Selznick’s young protagonists are independent youngsters set adrift in an adult world which appears mysterious and forbidding. Each story also has elements of detective fiction. Each book is a journey into the past and tells the story of a blossoming relationship between a young man and an older mentor. All three books are aesthetically similar – their stories are told partly by highly detailed pencil sketch drawings and traditional narrative. Many would be familiar at least with the first of the three books which was adapted for the screen by Martin Scorsese and starred Sacha Baron Cohen. The Marvels follows two similar books by Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck. ![]()
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