Servants of the Map e-bog
70,23 DKK
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A national hardback bestseller in the US - another magnificently imagined and executed book of historical fiction with a contemporary twist, from one of the masters of the form. 'These stories possess a wonderful clarity and ease, the serene authority of a writer working at the very height of her powers.' New York TimesRanging across two centuries, and from the western Himalayas to an Adirondac...
E-bog
70,23 DKK
Forlag
Fourth Estate
Udgivet
8 marts 2012
Genrer
1FKA
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780007396856
A national hardback bestseller in the US - another magnificently imagined and executed book of historical fiction with a contemporary twist, from one of the masters of the form. 'These stories possess a wonderful clarity and ease, the serene authority of a writer working at the very height of her powers.' New York TimesRanging across two centuries, and from the western Himalayas to an Adirondack village, Servants of the Map travels the territories of yearning and awakening, of loss and unexpected discovery.A mapper of the highest mountain peaks, engaged on the trigonometrical measurement of British India, realizes his true obsession while in deflationary correspondence with his far-off wife. A young woman afire with scientific curiosity must come to terms with a romantic fantasy. Brothers and sisters, torn apart at an early age, are beset by dreams of reunion. Throughout, Barrett's most characteristic theme - the happenings in that borderland between science and desire - unfolds in the diverse lives of unforgettable human beings.