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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

By Mark Haddon

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'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time' by Mark Haddon

The narrator of this remarkable novel is Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old boy who has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, that means he is unable to understand human emotions. He is, however, highly intelligent and can rattle off all kinds of fact ... (read full critics)

readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

Funny old world

I am told that a teenager with Asperger's syndrome might very well have a sense of humour, even if it might seem odd to most of us. But clinical accuracy takes second place to narrative intent in Mark Haddon's novel, whose autistic narrator, Christop ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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18 people find this helpful

Is it really about autism? I doubt very much... to me, it's about how to deal with life. The notion of life is the main theme in the story. In frustration, we usually tend to find the easier way out, which usually is the worse way (at least not so morally correct). Yet, we are weak and feeble as we ... (continue)

Is it really about autism? I doubt very much... to me, it's about how to deal with life. The notion of life is the main theme in the story. In frustration, we usually tend to find the easier way out, which usually is the worse way (at least not so morally correct). Yet, we are weak and feeble as we are human. All too human? ka. It's actually quite heartbrokening when the kid's parents revealed their hardship in handling the him, yet he in no ways could aware of that. You can't accuse any character in the books cos, when you put yourselves into their position, could we gurantee that we can do a better job? I doubt...
Anyway, quotation again:
"Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them." (Chap. 19)

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張小張・Cons said on Dec 19, 2006 | Add your feedback

14 people find this helpful

一切由小狗之死而起

我一直等【The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time】中譯本，直至四月台灣終於有林靜華的譯本。一看之下，還是想看Mark Haddon英文原著多些，因為書中講述一個患有自閉症的男孩世界，我不是說中譯本不好，只是由譯者詮釋，自閉者的自述感覺再遠了一重。
15歲男孩Christopher Boone 因有天半夜在家裏附近發現鄰居的小狗Wellington被人用鐵叉給活活叉死，他決定要把這個兇手找出來交給警察。明明只是一隻小狗，他反而關心Wellington多於任何一個身邊的朋友甚至雙親。嚴格來說，整本書乃Christopher第一 ... (continue)

我一直等【The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time】中譯本，直至四月台灣終於有林靜華的譯本。一看之下，還是想看Mark Haddon英文原著多些，因為書中講述一個患有自閉症的男孩世界，我不是說中譯本不好，只是由譯者詮釋，自閉者的自述感覺再遠了一重。
15歲男孩Christopher Boone 因有天半夜在家裏附近發現鄰居的小狗Wellington被人用鐵叉給活活叉死，他決定要把這個兇手找出來交給警察。明明只是一隻小狗，他反而關心Wellington多於任何一個身邊的朋友甚至雙親。嚴格來說，整本書乃Christopher第一身撰寫的尋兇日記，文中沒有很多形容詞，一切平鋪直敘，沒有情感可言；偏偏卻是絕大部分正常人沒有的「情感世界」，所以令插畫家Haddon首部作品有如此巨大的迴響。花了數天便追完了，看畢時又喜又悲，最終誰是兇手已經不太重要，喜的是Haddon對自閉孩童的筆觸角度，悲的是無論是15或是80歲，Christopher一生只有質數、數學、外太空、紀錄片……，彷彿永遠沒有其他人存在過。

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gardenwrites said on Oct 6, 2006 | Add your feedback

7 people find this helpful

The author of this book has told a simple story with touching words.
Maybe, we should learn to see other people, no matter having autism or not, in a totally different angle. And then, the world will become a very different place.

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Denise said on Dec 14, 2006 | Add your feedback

A touching and extremely well written story about life and social relationships.

Through the lens of autism, life looks different, simpler and more complex at the same time. I gave it four stars only because I wouldn't put it in the impossible-to-miss section of my library, although some passages were deeply moving.

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BlueBilly said on Feb 6, 2012 | Add your feedback

Viaje a la mente de un niño con Asperger

Fascinante la manera en que el autor detalla hasta lo más mínimo de la vida de un niño con esta condición.

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Ricardovergarah said on Feb 1, 2012 | Add your feedback

"All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are. I'm meant to say that they have learning difficulties or that they have special needs. But this is stupid because everyone has learning difficulties because learning to speak ... (continue)

"All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are. I'm meant to say that they have learning difficulties or that they have special needs. But this is stupid because everyone has learning difficulties because learning to speak French or understanding Relativity is difficult, and also everyone has special needs, like Father who has to carry a little packet of artificial sweetening tablets around with him to put in his coffee to stop him getting fat, or Mrs Peters who wears a beige-coloured hearing-aid, or Siobhan who has glasses so thick that they give you a headache if you borrow them, and none of these people are Special Needs, even if they have special needs."

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English Books
Paperback 279 Pages
Edition: Childrens Ed
ISBN-10: 0099456761
ISBN-13: 9780099456766
Publisher: Red Fox
Pub date: Apr 01, 2004
Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
In other languages:
- 深夜小狗神祕習題
  (繁體書)
- 深夜小狗神秘习题
  (简体书)
- Le Bizarre Incident du chien pendant la nuit
  (Livres Français)
- The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
  (Deutsche Bücher)
- El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche
  (Libros en Español)
- O estranho caso do cachorro morto
  (Livros em Português)
- El curiós incident del gos a mitjanit
  (llibres en català)
- Lo strano caso del cane ucciso a mezzanotte
  (Libri Italiani)
- Den mystiske sag om hunden i natten
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- Het wonderbaarlijke voorval met de hond in de nacht
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- Dziwny przypadek psa nocną porą
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- O curioso incidente do can á media noite
  (Libros en Galego)
- Savādais atgadījums ar suni naktī
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- Txakurrari gauean gertatutako istripu bitxia
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