The Physiognomy - Couverture souple

Ford, Jeffrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1930846533 ISBN 13 : 9781930846531

Editeur : Golden Gryphon Press, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Ford Jeffrey

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The nightmare metropolis called the Well-Built City exists because the satanic genius and Master, Drachton Below, wished it so. And few within its confines hold the power of Physiognomist First Class Cley. With scalpels, calipers, and the other instruments of his science, Cley can divine good and evil, determine character and intelligence, uncover dark secrets and foretell a person's destiny, through the careful study of facial and bodily features. But now the Master has ordered the great physiognomist out of the City on a seemingly trivial assignment into the rural hinterlands. but there, removed from Below's omnipresent scrutiny, even the most loyal servant of logic and order can fall prey to seductions of the flesh and spirit. And in this strange and unfamiliar place possessing terrors uniquely its own, there are stark truths awaiting the eminent Cley--and inescapable revelations that could shatter his perceptions of himself, his profession, and his world.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jeffrey Ford is the author of three previous story collections and eight previous novels, including the Edgar® Award-winning The Girl in the Glass and the Shirley Jackson Award-winning The Shadow Year. A former professor of writing and early American literature, Ford now writes full-time in Ohio, where he lives with his wife.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Golden Gryphon Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1930846533
• ISBN 13: 9781930846531
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 210