The Collector of Lost Things
(Sprache: Englisch)
The first historical novel from this critically acclaimed writer, in which the characters are fuelled by obsession, passion and ghosts, The Collector of Lost Things is an extraordinarily compulsive read.
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The first historical novel from this critically acclaimed writer, in which the characters are fuelled by obsession, passion and ghosts, The Collector of Lost Things is an extraordinarily compulsive read.
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The worlds of ocean and ice were meeting in a frontier of rage, as if the Earth had torn in two along this line. This was a place, if there ever was a place, where you could disappear.
The year is 1845 and young researcher Eliot Saxby is paid to go on an expedition to the Arctic in the hope of finding remains of the by now extinct Great Auk. He joins a regular hunting ship, but the crew and the passengers are not what they seem. Caught in the web of relationships on board, Eliot struggles to understand the motivations of the sociopathic, embroidery-loving Captain Sykes, the silent First Mate French, the flamboyant laudanum-addicted Bletchley and, most importantly of all, Bletchley's beautiful but strange 'cousin' Clara. As the ship moves further and further into the wilds of the Arctic sea, Eliot clings to what he believes in, desperate to save Clara but drawn irrevocably back into the past that haunts him.
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I persisted, pulling and turning the telescope across its various sections, until suddenly I saw a startling sight: dark jagged waves, peaking and jostling in a crowded cataract. It seemed inexplicable, as if the sea at that point were racing in a torrent. And then I saw it, beyond the waves, a sudden unexpected whiteness as hard and flat as quartz. It was the ice sheet, that stretched for a thousand miles beyond, but which looked from this angle as thin as paper. Against its blunt edge, the waves slammed ceaselessly and with great fury. I felt the worlds of ocean and ice were meeting in a frontier of rage, as if the Earth had torn in two along this line. This was a place if there ever was a place, where you could disappear.
Autoren-Porträt von Jeremy Page
Jeremy Page, 1969 in Cambridge geboren, aufgewachsen an der Küste von North Norfolk, studierte Literatur- undFilmwissenschaften an der Warwick University und Creative Writing an der University of East Anglia. Heute lebt er mitseiner Familie in London, wo er als Autor sowie als freier Journalist und Script Editor tätig ist, u.a. für die BBC, ChannelFour und The Times.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jeremy Page
- 2013, 384 Seiten, Maße: 24 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Little
- ISBN-10: 1408704188
- ISBN-13: 9781408704189
Sprache:
Englisch
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