A Case of Curiosities by Allen Kurzweil
In France, on the eve of the Revolution, a young man named Claude Page sets out to become the most ingenious and daring inventor of his time. In the course of a career filled with violence and passion, Claude learns the arts of enameling and watchmaking from an irascible, defrocked abbé, apprentices himself to a pornographic bookseller, and applies his erotic erudition to the seduction of the wife of an impotent wigmaker. But it is Claude's greatest device-a talking mechanical head-that both crowns his career and leads to an execution as tragic as that of Marie Antoinette, and far more bizarre.Hailed by critics for the shimmering brilliance of its inventions and its uncanny fidelity to the textures of the past, A Case of Curiosities places
Allen Kurzweil securely in the ranks of the finest literary artists of our time.
Allen Kurzweil is a novelist, children's author, inventor, and journalist who has won numerous awards. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Smithsonian, and Vanity Fair, among other publications. He received Fulbright, Guggenheim, and National Endowment for the Humanities scholarships after graduating from Yale University. He resides in the city of Providence, Rhode Island.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780156012898 |
| ISBN 10 | 0156012898 |
| Title | A Case of Curiosities |
| Author | Allen Kurzweil |
| Series | Harvest Book |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harper Paperbacks |
| Year published | 2001-08-10 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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