Tales of Protection - Couverture souple

Hansen, Erik Fosnes

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156027941 ISBN 13 : 9780156027946

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2003

Synopsis

An eccentric scientist lies dead in his coffin reflecting on the past and his last experiment--collecting random incidents from human history and finding the underlying pattern that connects them. His reveries lead him to tell two other tales--one of a doomed lighthouse keeper on a Swedish island and the other of a rivalry among Renaissance artists--and finally he tells a startling tale from his own youth.
For readers of Michael Ondaatje and Isak Dinesen, Erik Fosnes Hansen's imaginative narration brings an original and searching inquiry into why things happen the way they do and suggests a theory of "seriality"--a half-science about the power of human connections.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

An eccentric scientist lies dead in his coffin reflecting on the past and his last experiment--collecting random incidents from human history and finding the underlying pattern that connects them. His reveries lead him to tell two other tales--one of a doomed lighthouse keeper on a Swedish island and the other of a rivalry among Renaissance artists--and finally he tells a startling tale from his own youth.
For readers of Michael Ondaatje and Isak Dinesen, Erik Fosnes Hansen's imaginative narration brings an original and searching inquiry into why things happen the way they do and suggests a theory of "seriality"--a half-science about the power of human connections.

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PRAISE FOR TALES OF PROTECTION

"As readers, we relax into the author's skillful hands, allowing his luminous writing to carry us, and the tale, along. . . . Remarkable storytelling."--Los Angeles Times

"Bulges with all the wonderfully strange, arcane information of centuries ago--how to read nautical charts, interpret rock formations, create aquamarine paint or gild a detail on a fresco."--Newsday

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0156027941
• ISBN 13: 9780156027946
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Procter & Gamble Service GmbH, Braun; https://in.pg.com/contact-us/; ; Sulzbacher Str. 40-50; Schwalbach/Ts.; 65824; Allemagne