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In a tiny village in Finland, Esko Vaananen is at the brink of despair -- he loves a woman he can never have. Suddenly, in the magical light of the aurora borealis, he has a vision of an impossibly tall building rising gracefully from the frozen lake and disappearing into the clouds above him. This pilvenpiirtaja -- "cloud sketcher" or skyscraper -- sparks a lifelong quest for beauty in Esko. He will pursue and protect these two passions -- his vision and his love -- no matter how great the cost, for the rest of his life. It is a journey that leads him into the Bolshevik revolution and the Jazz Age nightclubs of New York City and to strike a Faustian bargain with a ruthless gangster -- all in the pursuit of artistic perfection and impossible, unattainable love.
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The Cloud Sketcher, Richard Piers Rayner
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2001
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- Titolo
- The Cloud Sketcher
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Richard Piers Rayner
- Editore
- HarperCollins
- Pubblicato
- 2001
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 448
- ISBN10
- 0007128320
- ISBN13
- 9780007128327
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Gialli & Thriller, Prosa storica, Architettura, Gialli, Amore, USA, New York, Noir nordici, Rivoluzione, Finlandia, Bolscevismo, Grattacieli
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2002
- Titolo originale
- The cloud sketcher
- Valutazione
- 3,7 su 5
- Descrizione
- In a tiny village in Finland, Esko Vaananen is at the brink of despair -- he loves a woman he can never have. Suddenly, in the magical light of the aurora borealis, he has a vision of an impossibly tall building rising gracefully from the frozen lake and disappearing into the clouds above him. This pilvenpiirtaja -- "cloud sketcher" or skyscraper -- sparks a lifelong quest for beauty in Esko. He will pursue and protect these two passions -- his vision and his love -- no matter how great the cost, for the rest of his life. It is a journey that leads him into the Bolshevik revolution and the Jazz Age nightclubs of New York City and to strike a Faustian bargain with a ruthless gangster -- all in the pursuit of artistic perfection and impossible, unattainable love.