Arcadia

Pears, Iain

ISBN 10: 1101970839 / ISBN 13: 9781101970836

Edité par Vintage, 2017

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Synopsis :

From the author of the international best seller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadia is an astonishing work of imagination.

In Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own. He finds an unlikely confidante in Rosie, an inquisitive young neighbor who, while chasing after Lytten's cat one day, stumbles through a doorway in his cellar and into a stunning and unfamiliar bucolic landscape--remarkably like the fantasy world Lytten is writing about. There she meets a young boy named Jay who is about to embark on a journey that will change both their lives. Elsewhere, in a distopian society where progress is controlled by a corrupt ruling elite, the brilliant scientist Angela Meerson has discovered the potential of a powerful new machine. When the authorities come knocking, she will make an important decision--one that will reverberate through all these different lives and worlds.

À propos de l?auteur: IAIN PEARS is the author of the best sellers An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Dream of Scipio and Stone's Fall, and a novella, The Portrait, as well as a series of acclaimed detective novels, a book of art history, and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects. He lives in Oxford, England.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Arcadia
Éditeur : Vintage
Date d'édition : 2017
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good