C Contributor(s): McCarthy, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307388212 ISBN-13: 9780307388216 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 5.19" W x 8.02" (0.66 lbs) 400 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Opening in England at the turn of the twentieth century, C is the story of Serge Carrefax, whose father experiments with wireless communication while running a school for deaf children. Serge grows up amid the noise and silence with his brilliant but troubled older sister, Sophie: an intense sibling relationship that haunts him as he heads off into an equally troubled larger world. As Serge goes from a Bohemian spa to the skies of World War I, and from a German prison camp into the tombs of Egypt, we follow his life through the tumultuous course of the nascent modern era. Tom McCarthy--acclaimed author of Remainder--has created a truly singular character, and a world that sparkles with historical breadth and postmodern originality. |