The Ecliptic
Title | The Ecliptic PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Wood |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 481 |
Release | 2016-05-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0698411838 |
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.
A System of Natural Philosophy
Title | A System of Natural Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | John Lee Comstock |
Publisher | |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 1847 |
Genre | Physics |
ISBN |
An Introduction to Astronomy
Title | An Introduction to Astronomy PDF eBook |
Author | Forest Ray Moulton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 644 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Astronomy |
ISBN |
The Story of the Stars
Title | The Story of the Stars PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Dorman Steele |
Publisher | |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Astronomy |
ISBN |
On the Revolutions: Volume 2
Title | On the Revolutions: Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Copernicus |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2016-02-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1349017760 |
Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles
Title | Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles PDF eBook |
Author | James Ferguson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 622 |
Release | 1809 |
Genre | Astronomy |
ISBN |
A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies ...: Advanced part
Title | A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies ...: Advanced part PDF eBook |
Author | Edward John Routh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | Dynamics, Rigid |
ISBN |