| A Case of Curiosities Contributor(s): Kurzweil, Allen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156012898 ISBN-13: 9780156012898 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: A young inventor in preindustrial Europe constructs his greatest device, a masterpiece that proves to be his downfall, leading to an execution as tragic as that of Marie Antoinette and one that is much more bizarre. This debut work is a national bestseller, now available in paperback. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Science Fiction - Steampunk - Fiction | City Life |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00049892 |
| Series: Harvest Book |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.28" W x 8.16" (0.92 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
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| Publisher Description: In France, on the eve of the Revolution, a young man named Claude Page sets out to become the most ingenious and daring inventor of his time. In the course of a career filled with violence and passion, Claude learns the arts of enameling and watchmaking from an irascible, defrocked abb , apprentices himself to a pornographic bookseller, and applies his erotic erudition to the seduction of the wife of an impotent wigmaker. But it is Claude's greatest device-a talking mechanical head-that both crowns his career and leads to an execution as tragic as that of Marie Antoinette, and far more bizarre. Hailed by critics for the shimmering brilliance of its inventions and its uncanny fidelity to the textures of the past, A Case of Curiosities places Allen Kurzweil securely in the ranks of the finest literary artists of our time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kurzweil, Allen: - Allen Kurzweil was named a "Best Young American Novelist" by Granta for A Case of Curiosities, his first novel. He has been the recipient of Guggenheim and Fullbright Fellowships, and a 1999 Fellow of the New York Public Library for Scholars and Writers. His fiction has been honored in the United States, France, Italy, and Ireland. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island. |