Artículos relacionados a First Light

First Light - Tapa blanda

Ackroyd, Peter

 
9780802134813: First Light
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 0802134815 ISBN 13: 9780802134813
Editorial: Grove Atlantic, Inc., 1996

Sinopsis

An immensely engaging and entertaining novel – a suspenseful reflection on life, nature, and the cosmos, and above all an illuminating and enchanting story.

A major best-seller in Britain, First Light begins with an ominous coincidence: the reappearance of the ancient night sky during the excavation of an astronomically aligned Neolithic grave in Dorset. Add to this a group of wonderful eccentrics―archaeologists, astronomers, a civil servant, a stand-up comic, local rustics―who converge on the site to disturb the quiet seclusion of Pilgrin Valley.

Someone (or something) is trying to sabotage the best efforts of the excavators, headed by Mark Clare, to unearth the dormant secrets of the burial ground. Meanwhile, at the nearby observatory, astronomer Damien Fall, his telescope focused on the red star Aldebaran, is unnerved by the deeper significance he imputes to the celestial sophistication of the region’s ancient inhabitants. And Joey Hanover, a retired music-hall and TV entertainer searching for his own past, has learned secrets from Farmer Mint and his son, Boy, the weirdly cryptic guardians of their ancestral home in the valley. What do all these, among others, have in common?

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Reseña del editor

First Light begins with an ominous coincidence: the reappearance of the ancient night sky during the excavation of an astronomically aligned Neolithic grave in Dorset. A group of eccentrics archaeologists, astronomers, local rustics, a civil servant, and a stand-up comic converge on the site, disturbing the quiet seclusion of Pilgrin Valley. Someone (or something) is trying to sabotage the best efforts of the excavators, headed by Mark Clare, to unearth the dormant secrets of the burial ground. Meanwhile, at the nearby observatory, astronomer Damien Fall, his telescope focused on the red star Aldebaran, is unnerved by the deeper significance he imputes to the celestial sophistication of the region's ancient inhabitants. And Joey Hanover, a retired music hall and TV entertainer searching for his own past, has learned secrets from Farmer Mint and his son, Boy, the weirdly cryptic guardians of their ancestral home in the valley. All is masterfully woven into an immensely engaging and entertaining novel, a suspenseful reflection on life, nature, and the cosmos, and above all an illuminating and enchanting story.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Grove Atlantic, Inc.
Año de publicación
1996
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0802134815
ISBN 13 
9780802134813
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
334
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
GPSR Kontakt
gpsr@libri.de

Europaallee 1
Bad Hersfeld
36244
Alemania

Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780802111616: First Light

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0802111610 ISBN 13:  9780802111616
Editorial: Grove Pr, 1989
Tapa dura