The Chemistry of Tears - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1926428153 ISBN 13: 9781926428154

Riassunto

When Catherine's lover dies suddenly, she has no one to turn to - their affair had been disguised from their colleagues and his family - except her work. A middle-aged curator in a London museum, Catherine is given a very particular project by the perceptive head of her department: a box of intricate clockwork parts that appear to be the remains of a nineteenth century automaton - a beautifully made mechanical bird. When she discovers that the box also contains the diary of the man who commissioned the machine, she is partially rescued from one obsession by another - who were Henry Brandling and the mysterious, visionary clockmaker he hired to make a gift for his absent son? And what was the end result that now sits in pieces in her studio? The Chemistry of Tears is both wildly entertaining and deeply moving, a portrait of love and loss that is simultaneously delicate and anarchic. At its heart is an image only the masterful Peter Carey could breath such life into - an object made of equal parts magic, art and science, a delight that contains the seeds of our age's downfall.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1926428153
• ISBN 13: 9781926428154
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile