Lands of Glass by Alessandro Baricco
From one of Italy's most brilliant and most inventive writers comes the story of two visionaries of the mid-nineteenth century and a tale of angry visions, confused emotions and fantastic ambitions. Hector Horeau is an architect with a fantastical notion of whole cities made of glass, and Mr Rail has imagined sheets of glass larger than anyone thinks they will ever need. It is 1849, and the Great Universal Exposition has announced a competition. Together Horeau and Rail build a palace more beautiful than any before...
Alessandro Baricco was born in Turin in 1958 and still lives there today. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed novels SILK, OCEAN SEA and CITY. The film THE LEGEND OF 1900 is an adaptation of Baricco's play NOVECENTO.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140293296 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140293299 |
| Title | Lands of Glass |
| Author | Alessandro Baricco |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-08-07 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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