In other novels that have attempted similar, I’ve found myself skipping the footnotes and references but here they’re really compelling and are integral to our understanding of the story and of how T.S’s mind works. The maps are a really great way to supplement the story and provide a really unique visual aide. Save me the trouble then – is it any good? Larsen also isn’t afraid to get a bit existential and the final third in particular brings in big questions about what we are reading.
In the margin that is created in the remaining third we are treated to the illustrations and ‘maps’ T.S.
Larsen does something really unique by only printing text across roughly two-thirds of the page. sets out on a journey across America in order to get to Washington and accept it. These maps lead to the Smithsonian Institute giving him an award and T.S. He maps anything from the flight paths of birds, to facial expressions, to reasons for being bored. A 12 year old with an extraordinary passion for, and skill at, drawing maps. The novel is written in the first person from the view of Tecumseh Sparrow Spivet. It was released in May of last year and is due for UK paperback release in October of this year. The Selected Works Of T.S Spivet, the first novel from Reif Larsen, an American author currently based in Brooklyn.
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