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The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip. Hardcover – Illustrated, Nov. 24 2015. by George Saunders (Author), Lane Smith (Illustrator) 4.6 244 ratings. See all formats and editions. From the bestselling author of Tenth of December comes a splendid new edition of his acclaimed collaboration with the illustrator behind The Stinky Cheese Man and ...
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9 de abr. de 2006 · 内容简介 · · · · · ·. Three families live in the seaside village of Frip — the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her widowed father. The townspeople of Frip make their living raising goats, but they must fight off a daily invasion of gappers, bright orange, many-eyed creatures that cover goats and stop them ...
Every day, the children of Frip brush gappers off their goats to toss them back into the ocean, and every day the gappers return. When the pesky critters target only one of the houses and the neighbors unexpectedly refuse to help, 10-year-old Capable must cope single-handedly with the gapper invasion—which she does with her own special brand of compassion and resourcefulness.
15 de out. de 2013 · The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, like much of his other work, depicts disparate people responding to disaster. For Saunders, crisis is often a foregone conclusion, a reality of everyday life. Social mores and idealistic principles prove flimsy, as disaster and defeat become the glue that increasingly holds people together.
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This research paper analyses George Saunders’ fable The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip for its critical angle related to the exploitation of the working class by the capitalist power structures.
