Author: Benjamin Wood
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698411838
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
From the award-winning author of The Bellwether Revivals comes a "gorgeous and harrowing work" (Emily St. John Mandel) set on a mysterious island, where artists strive to recover their lost gifts--and where nothing is quite as it seems. Situated on a Turkish island, Portmantle might be the strangest, most exclusive artists' colony around. Its brilliant residents linger for years, all expenses paid and living under assumed names. Relieved of the burdens of time and ego, they are free to create their next masterpieces. Elspeth Conroy (aka "Knell") is a Scottish painter who has been at Portmantle for a decade, a refugee from the hectic London art scene. Her fellow longtimers include Quickman, whose sole book became a classic and paralyzed his muse; MacKinney, a playwright who left behind her family; and Pettifer, an architect obsessing over an unfinished cathedral. In his astonishing second novel, Benjamin Wood gives us “an intensely intimate portrait of an artist as a young woman, with truths on every page” (Independent). The hermetic world at Portmantle shatters when the 17-year-old Fullerton arrives at the gates, his provenance and talents unknown. As Knell searches for answers, she reveals the path that led her to this place: Her intimate bond with her gruff drunk of a mentor; her early successes and crushing failures; a journey across the Atlantic and into the psychiatrist's office; and a grand commission of astronomical significance. What is "The Ecliptic," and how does it relate to the life Elspeth left behind? This gorgeous puzzle of a novel touches the head and the heart, and the effect is nothing short of electrifying.
The Ecliptic
Author: Benjamin Wood
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698411838
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
From the award-winning author of The Bellwether Revivals comes a "gorgeous and harrowing work" (Emily St. John Mandel) set on a mysterious island, where artists strive to recover their lost gifts--and where nothing is quite as it seems. Situated on a Turkish island, Portmantle might be the strangest, most exclusive artists' colony around. Its brilliant residents linger for years, all expenses paid and living under assumed names. Relieved of the burdens of time and ego, they are free to create their next masterpieces. Elspeth Conroy (aka "Knell") is a Scottish painter who has been at Portmantle for a decade, a refugee from the hectic London art scene. Her fellow longtimers include Quickman, whose sole book became a classic and paralyzed his muse; MacKinney, a playwright who left behind her family; and Pettifer, an architect obsessing over an unfinished cathedral. In his astonishing second novel, Benjamin Wood gives us “an intensely intimate portrait of an artist as a young woman, with truths on every page” (Independent). The hermetic world at Portmantle shatters when the 17-year-old Fullerton arrives at the gates, his provenance and talents unknown. As Knell searches for answers, she reveals the path that led her to this place: Her intimate bond with her gruff drunk of a mentor; her early successes and crushing failures; a journey across the Atlantic and into the psychiatrist's office; and a grand commission of astronomical significance. What is "The Ecliptic," and how does it relate to the life Elspeth left behind? This gorgeous puzzle of a novel touches the head and the heart, and the effect is nothing short of electrifying.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698411838
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
From the award-winning author of The Bellwether Revivals comes a "gorgeous and harrowing work" (Emily St. John Mandel) set on a mysterious island, where artists strive to recover their lost gifts--and where nothing is quite as it seems. Situated on a Turkish island, Portmantle might be the strangest, most exclusive artists' colony around. Its brilliant residents linger for years, all expenses paid and living under assumed names. Relieved of the burdens of time and ego, they are free to create their next masterpieces. Elspeth Conroy (aka "Knell") is a Scottish painter who has been at Portmantle for a decade, a refugee from the hectic London art scene. Her fellow longtimers include Quickman, whose sole book became a classic and paralyzed his muse; MacKinney, a playwright who left behind her family; and Pettifer, an architect obsessing over an unfinished cathedral. In his astonishing second novel, Benjamin Wood gives us “an intensely intimate portrait of an artist as a young woman, with truths on every page” (Independent). The hermetic world at Portmantle shatters when the 17-year-old Fullerton arrives at the gates, his provenance and talents unknown. As Knell searches for answers, she reveals the path that led her to this place: Her intimate bond with her gruff drunk of a mentor; her early successes and crushing failures; a journey across the Atlantic and into the psychiatrist's office; and a grand commission of astronomical significance. What is "The Ecliptic," and how does it relate to the life Elspeth left behind? This gorgeous puzzle of a novel touches the head and the heart, and the effect is nothing short of electrifying.
The Literary and Scientific Class Book
Author: Levi Washburn Leonard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Hampshire
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Hampshire
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
A System of Natural Philosophy: in Which the Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics
Author: John Lee Comstock
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368885189
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368885189
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Navigation and Nautical Astronomy
Author: Benjamin Dutton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nautical astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nautical astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
A System of Natural Philosophy: in which the Principles of Mechanics ... are Familiarly Explained ...
Author: John Lee Comstock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Author: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
Book Description
A System of Natural Philosophy, in which the Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics [etc.] are Familiarly Explained
Author: John Lee Comstock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Author: United States. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 3178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 3178
Book Description
The Cyclopaedia
Author: Abraham Rees
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description