Machine

Peter Adolphsen

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Harvill Secker, 2008

184655103X / 9781846551031

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Hardcover, [vi] + 88 pages, pictorial endpapers, NOT ex-library. Translated from the Danish by Charlotte Barslund. Very good interior: clean, bright, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Firm secure binding. Lower boards show white offset marks. Untorn dust jacket with regular shelfwear, inner panels stained along the lower edges (not showing on the outside); price concealed on the front flap (jacket is not clipped). -- "Machine" is a unique piece of fiction that encapsulates the very essence of earthly existence: how chance and random events influence seemingly unconnected lives and matter. Two stories of metamorphosis entwine: the first chronicles the life of a drop of oil from its very beginning within a small prehistoric horse's heart to its combustion within a Ford car engine in Texas, the second follows the lives of the passengers within the vehicle. Clarissa picks up a hitchhiker on the Interstate to San Antonio. She is a young, intelligent student willing to experiment with LSD. The hitchhiker is Jimmy Nash, who has been granted asylum in the United States from the Soviet Union and has successfully reshaped his identity. He reads Emily Dickinson's poetry and until a horrific accident had worked on an oil field. Both their lives appear to alter in direct correlation with the changing molecular structure of this single drop of oil.From the very start, the reader is seduced by the author's unusual vision of the world we live in, from the drowning of Eohippus or 'the dawn horse' fifty-five million years ago to the inhalation of carcinogenic particles by a young woman in the 1970s. The elegant prose is both lyrical and technically astounding and delivers a fascinating journey that will play on the mind and tempt an immediate second read.…

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Título
Machine
Autor
Peter Adolphsen
Editorial
Harvill Secker
Año de publicación
2008
Estado
Good+
Sobrecubierta
Good
Encuadernación
Hardcover
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
184655103X
ISBN 13
9781846551031

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All U.S.-bound orders are now shipped with UPS for reliable delivery. Additional customs or import fees are highly unlikely; however, please note buyers remain responsible for any duties or taxes that U.S. Customs may assess. -- Killarneybooks is a family-run bookshop based in the Republic of Ireland. We take pride in accurate listings, careful packaging, and prompt service - most orders ship within 24 hours. All books listed are in stock and ready for immediate dispatch - we are not dropshippers. Inquiries always welcome.…

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