For the first time in his life, Gulliver felt ashamed of himself and his
fellow-humans.
Gulliver is a travel-hungry and adventurous ship's doctor, who has the
odd misfortune of being ship-wrecked four times in as many voyages.
Through Jonathan Coe's expert retelling of Swift's famous satire about
our human hubris and desires, today's young readers are swept along as
Gulliver finds himself a giant among tiny humans in Lilliput; a tiny
human among giants in Brobdignag; on the flying island of Laputa, with
its most impractical intellectuals; and finally in the land of the
Houyhnhnms, talking horses who think precious little of human Yahoos.
Dave Eggers says, of the series: I couldn't be prouder to be a part of
it. Ever since Alessandro conceived this idea I thought it was
brilliant. The editions that they've complied have been lushly
illustrated and elegantly designed.