Specimen Days

ISBN-13: 9780007156061 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 320 str.

Michael Cunningham

Opis

Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hours", this novel is made up of three linked visionary narratives about the relationship between man and machine. Set at the height of the Industrial Revolution, it features a ghost story that tells of

Recenzje

'Intricately conceived, stylishly written and admirably ambitious, this absorbing novel lingers in the mind.' Peter Parker, Sunday Times

'"Specimen Days" contains more incidental beauty and emotional insight than many impeccably dull items on the shortlists of prestigious literary prizes. And it's by far the best gothic historical sci-fi cop thriller you'll ever read.' Michel Faber, Guardian

'Cunningham's conclusion is decidedly optimistic, if not utopian...And it is that abiding, dreamlike cinematic sweep of time - and our place within it - which makes "Specimen Days" an ultimately satisfying, richly rewarding and deeply enjoyable book.' Philip Hoare, Sunday Telegraph

'Thought-provoking.' Independent

'As a novel of ideas, "Specimen Days" manages to be both entertaining and moving...puzzling, thought-provoking and well worth having.' Daily Telegraph

'Like its namesake, this novel is a work of genius.' The Glasgow Herald

O autorze

Michael Cunningham is the author of six novels including A Home at the End of the World, Flesh and Blood, The Hours, Specimen Days, and non-fiction book, Land's End: A Walk Through Provincetown. The Hours was awarded both the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 1999 PEN/Faulkner Award and made into an internationally acclaimed, Oscar-winning film. His new novel, The Snow Queen, will be published in May of 2014. He lives in New York.