The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt
Winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, New York City thrums with energy, wonder, and possibility in this magical novel about the life and last days of Nikola Tesla.It is 1943, and the renowned inventor Nikola Tesla occupies a forbidden room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker, stealing electricity. Louisa, a young maid at the hotel determined to befriend him, wins his attention through a shared love of pigeons; with her, we hear his tragic and tremendous life story unfold. Meanwhile, Louisa discovers that her father--and her handsome, enigmatic love interest, Arthur Vaughan--are on an unlikely mission to travel back in time and find his beloved late wife.
A masterful hybrid of history, biography, and science fiction, with Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and Mark Twain making appearances, The Invention of Everything Else is an absorbing story about love and death and a wonderfully imagined homage to one of history's most visionary scientists.
Samantha Hunt is a novelist, essayist, and short story writer whose work has appeared in journals such as The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, McSweeney's, Tin House, A Public Space, and others. Her novels The Seas, The Invention of Everything Else, and Splitfoot have all gained critical acclaim. She currently resides in upstate New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780547085777 |
| ISBN 10 | 054708577X |
| Title | The Invention of Everything Else |
| Author | Samantha Hunt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Mariner Books |
| Year published | 2009-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Winner of Bard Fiction Prize 2010 |
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