Invention of Hugo Cabret: Popular Essays In Social And Political Philosophy - Volume I

its the film of the small name that drew me to Brian Selznick's wonderful books, strongly recommended for all ages.

The sketches and detailing are mind blowing !

Awesome book and awesome movie . Loved it!!The movie was what inspired me to read this.Fav char-IssabellePS- CHILDREN UNDER 9 WOULD NOT LIKE IT.MEANT FOR OLDER CHILDREN

Picture book for adults with breathtaking drawings and heartbreaking story about one of cinemas first auteur.

The illustrations are breathtaking and the story beautiful. This is a collector's book.

There are so many books that I am scared of picking up just because I may not end up liking a book which is well-loved by most! “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” was one such book which I have seen all over the Book Community on the Internet and never heard one bad or even okay comment about it! People just love this book to the core..Honestly I can’t believe such an amazing book even exists! I mean there is brilliant throughout the book! The story begins with the visualization of a Paris evening.. in the subway of the station.. and then there are pages after pages of illustrations to give you the perfect feel and mood of the setting! Woah… that totally blew me away as I had expected anything but that! And such text and corresponding art continues throughout the book! 😀 Yeah.. this book totally has my heart!All the illustrations are in black and white.. charcoal paintings.. with such minute detailing that you can help but marvel at the creativity! Have a look at some of the art for yourself!If you think I have gone bonkers about the exclamation marks.. you should read this book and try to talk about it.. There will be exclamation marks all over the place too! 😛 It is just too good!The book is quite chunky at 530+ pages but art takes up a lot of pages.. almost half of them.. may be even more.. which makes it an incredibly fast read.Set in Paris, “The Invention Of Hugo Cabret” is the story of an orphan-boy Hugo who is left to his only living relative, who is a time-keeper at the train station, after his father passes away in a tragic fire at the museum. All that is he is now left with are his father’s memories and an automaton which he tirelessly tries to fix. One night, his uncle does not return but Hugo does not report as he is afraid he will be taken away. So he keeps the clocks running himself and leads a quiet life, devoting all his time to fix the automaton. He believes it can give him a message from his father.The characters are lovable, story is gripping and the writing style is in the perfect story-telling mode. The hype is real.. guys and girls! This book deserves more love that it can get! The story also draws from some very influential real-life characters.. which I cannot reveal as that will be a major spoiler..READ IT!!Recommended to anybody and everybody.. No matter what age you are, what genre you like.. or even if you are not a reader.. you should know this book exists okay!? Okay? OKAY??

The empty packet I received was white and gold. And yes, wonderfully empty. I'd write more but I'd like to leave this space as EMPTY as the package I received.

O livro, apesar de grosso, é envolvente e interessante.

Fue un regalo y les gusto mucho

The illustrations like scenes from a film are brilliant and so is the story

Favourite book so far. Other books by this author are also amazing, I have all of them!

Un très joli conte qui a donné lieu au film simplement intitulé “Hugo Cabret” qui s’apparente au tour de magie cinématographique, une magnifique évocation. Comme tous les livres initialement pour très jeunes, ils sont en réalité tout public, l’adulte est ravi de cette narration instructive. L’auteur ne craint pas de faire ses dessins lui-même, ce n’est pas parfait, parfois même presque maladroit mais c’est l’original, brut de décoffrage comme on dit, le cinéaste, sensible à ce détail, a même repris des vues originales. Certains traits romanesques ont été omis ou transformés dans le film mais il en est souvent ainsi, le réalisateur reprend à son compte le schéma global et l’adapte à sa manière. À lire et à voir, une version française est aussi disponible.