Arcadia: A novel by Iain Pears
From the author of the international best sellerAn Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadiais an astonishing work of imagination.Three interlocking worlds. Four people looking for answers. But who controls the future or the past?
In 1960s Oxford, Professor Henry Lytten is attempting to write a fantasy novel that forgoes the magic of his predecessors, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. He finds an unlikely confidante in his quick-witted, inquisitive young neighbor Rosie. One day, while chasing Lytten s cat, Rosie encounters a doorway in his cellar. She steps through and finds herself in an idyllic, pastoral land where Storytellers are revered above all others. There she meets a young man who is about to embark on a quest of his own and may be the one chance Rosie has of returning home. These breathtaking adventures ultimately intertwine with the story of an eccentric psychomathematician whose breakthrough discovery will affect all of these different lives and worlds.
Dazzlingly inventive and deeply satisfying, Arcadia tests the boundaries of storytelling and asks: If the past can change the future, then might the future also indelibly alter the past?
Tim Pears' novels include In the Place of Falling Leaves, which won the Hawthornden Prize and the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award; In a Land of Plenty, which was adapted into a ten-part BBC television series; A Revolution of the Sun; Wake Up; and Blenheim Orchard. Pears lives in Oxford and has won various accolades, including the Lannan Literary Award.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780345810847 |
| ISBN 10 | 0345810848 |
| Title | Arcadia: A novel |
| Author | Iain Pears |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Knopf Canada |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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