The Watchmaker of Filigree Street: The International Bestseller
Autor Natasha Pulleyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 iul 2016
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781408854310
ISBN-10: 1408854317
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1408854317
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Caracteristici
A beguiling and inventive debut literary fantasy that blends historical events with dazzling flights of fancy to plunge readers into a magical past, where time, destiny, genius - and a clockwork octopus - collide
Notă biografică
Natasha Pulley studied English Literature at Oxford University. After stints working at Waterstones as a bookseller, then at Cambridge University Press as a publishing assistant in the astronomy and maths departments, she did the Creative Writing MA at UEA. She later studied in Tokyo, where she lived on a scholarship from the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. She was chosen to be a Writer in Residence at Gladstone's Library and is now associate lecturer at Bath Spa University and panel tutor at the Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education. Her first novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, was an international bestseller, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. The Bedlam Stacks is her second novel. She lives in Bath. @natasha_pulley
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Ten out of ten
Impressively competent: steam-punk meets Zuleika Dobson
Forget steampunk. Welcome to tickpunk . Part Susanna Clarke, part Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a delightful read that benefits from wonderfully colourful characters and a lyrical prose style full of esoteric detail . A compelling read
A charming, quirky, clever tale, filled with intricate detail, and a plot that feels as deftly crafted as a precision timepiece
Rare and precious . Humour, wit, mystery and danger are threaded through the book in musical measure. It dances between genres and makes partners of several . Pulley's capacity for making antagonists out of fully realized and sympathetic characters is impressive, as is her ability to keep one guessing as the plot ticks along. There's nothing quite like putting down a delightful, relentlessly charming and deeply moving book and then finding out it's the authors first . A remarkable debut
Historical fiction, magic realism and elements of gothic fiction combine in this ambitious debut ... This is accomplished writing from Natasha Pulley, whose imagination shines through
Enchanting . Amid this thriller-like plot, Pulley raises thought-provoking questions about free will, fate and identity - making for a rich brew of historical fantasy, philosophy and emotion
Elegantly composed, atmospheric and wholly compelling . Pulley's style is reminiscent of filigree: a decorative work of fine strands woven together into a delicate tracery, which underpins the overarching plot. With music and time at the heart of this intriguing novel, the skilfully rendered interplay speaks volumes about the talent and imagination at work behind such an intricately beautiful piece of writing. A stunning debut by a promising new voice
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street breaks the mould . Genre-busting book of extraordinary imagination . The book is as elaborate as its title suggests, but the multiple plots tick along like clockwork . Exceptionally inventive and uniquely clear-headed, this is speculative fiction as it should be
This delightful first novel is as impressive as a work of historical fiction . As it is a delicate fantasy with enough gadgetry to pull in the steampunk fans, and a mystery to boot . Readers will immediately want to read it again
Pulley's electrifying debut is a triumph of speculative fiction. It captures the frenetic energy of a world undergoing extraordinary changes: London in the time of new electrical devices, Gilbert and Sullivan's theater, and the terror of Irish nationalist bombings . Pulley expertly employs the tools of mystery and fantasy to examine the social pressures faced by the marginalized . The heart of the story is the universal human quest for acceptance, understanding, and love
Meticulously researched, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a compelling mixture of fact and fantasy . The end of the book leaves the reader yearning for a sequel - and for a pet clockwork octopus (Keep reading it, you'll see)
Everything you could ask for from the steampunk genre. It is full of enticing period detail yet is not boringly over-researched. Its language is charmingly old-fashioned and richly cadenced, without being fusty or archaic . She convincingly presents the telegraph system as a kind of proto-Internet. She conjures up such fanciful items as bottled weather. She muses philosophically on matters of free will and predestination. She illuminates the plight of unemancipated women . And all of this in the most graceful and vivid language one could desire . A poignant, funny, and heartfelt debut
Set mostly in 1880s London, Pulley's debut novel twists typical steampunk elements - telegraphs, gaslight, clockwork automata - into a fresh and surprising philosophical adventure . Clever and engaging, this impressive first novel will reward both casual readers looking for a fun period adventure and those fascinated by the tension between free will and fate
Pulley's imaginative first novel transports readers to a Victorian London teeming with danger and magic . Wholly original
A masterful steampunk/mystery/historical fiction debut . A thrilling tale that sweeps readers into a dark and magical past. While The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is reminiscent of such steampunk classics as William Gibson and Bruce Sterling's The Difference Engine, Pulley's novel grounds itself in historical accuracy and exquisite prose, and even genre-adverse readers will be hooked
A captivating and entertaining work of speculative fiction
A unique blend of historical fiction and magical realism about the inextricable relationships between three people, a watch with magical powers and a clockwork octopus . Ideal escapist holiday reading, your imagination will run riot
A clever detective story, a thrilling steampunk adventure and a poignant examination of the consequences of class warfare and English, Irish and Japanese nationalism in the 19th century
Gorgeous . I had high hopes for the Victorian-era novel. And I was not disappointed
Blends historical events with clever flights of fancy . An inventive debut; clever, intriguing, and astonishingly assured
Ten out of ten
Impressively competent: steam-punk meets Zuleika Dobson
Forget steampunk. Welcome to tickpunk . Part Susanna Clarke, part Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a delightful read that benefits from wonderfully colourful characters and a lyrical prose style full of esoteric detail . A compelling read
A charming, quirky, clever tale, filled with intricate detail, and a plot that feels as deftly crafted as a precision timepiece
Rare and precious . Humour, wit, mystery and danger are threaded through the book in musical measure. It dances between genres and makes partners of several . Pulley's capacity for making antagonists out of fully realized and sympathetic characters is impressive, as is her ability to keep one guessing as the plot ticks along. There's nothing quite like putting down a delightful, relentlessly charming and deeply moving book and then finding out it's the authors first . A remarkable debut
Historical fiction, magic realism and elements of gothic fiction combine in this ambitious debut ... This is accomplished writing from Natasha Pulley, whose imagination shines through
Enchanting . Amid this thriller-like plot, Pulley raises thought-provoking questions about free will, fate and identity - making for a rich brew of historical fantasy, philosophy and emotion
Elegantly composed, atmospheric and wholly compelling . Pulley's style is reminiscent of filigree: a decorative work of fine strands woven together into a delicate tracery, which underpins the overarching plot. With music and time at the heart of this intriguing novel, the skilfully rendered interplay speaks volumes about the talent and imagination at work behind such an intricately beautiful piece of writing. A stunning debut by a promising new voice
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street breaks the mould . Genre-busting book of extraordinary imagination . The book is as elaborate as its title suggests, but the multiple plots tick along like clockwork . Exceptionally inventive and uniquely clear-headed, this is speculative fiction as it should be
This delightful first novel is as impressive as a work of historical fiction . As it is a delicate fantasy with enough gadgetry to pull in the steampunk fans, and a mystery to boot . Readers will immediately want to read it again
Pulley's electrifying debut is a triumph of speculative fiction. It captures the frenetic energy of a world undergoing extraordinary changes: London in the time of new electrical devices, Gilbert and Sullivan's theater, and the terror of Irish nationalist bombings . Pulley expertly employs the tools of mystery and fantasy to examine the social pressures faced by the marginalized . The heart of the story is the universal human quest for acceptance, understanding, and love
Meticulously researched, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a compelling mixture of fact and fantasy . The end of the book leaves the reader yearning for a sequel - and for a pet clockwork octopus (Keep reading it, you'll see)
Everything you could ask for from the steampunk genre. It is full of enticing period detail yet is not boringly over-researched. Its language is charmingly old-fashioned and richly cadenced, without being fusty or archaic . She convincingly presents the telegraph system as a kind of proto-Internet. She conjures up such fanciful items as bottled weather. She muses philosophically on matters of free will and predestination. She illuminates the plight of unemancipated women . And all of this in the most graceful and vivid language one could desire . A poignant, funny, and heartfelt debut
Set mostly in 1880s London, Pulley's debut novel twists typical steampunk elements - telegraphs, gaslight, clockwork automata - into a fresh and surprising philosophical adventure . Clever and engaging, this impressive first novel will reward both casual readers looking for a fun period adventure and those fascinated by the tension between free will and fate
Pulley's imaginative first novel transports readers to a Victorian London teeming with danger and magic . Wholly original
A masterful steampunk/mystery/historical fiction debut . A thrilling tale that sweeps readers into a dark and magical past. While The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is reminiscent of such steampunk classics as William Gibson and Bruce Sterling's The Difference Engine, Pulley's novel grounds itself in historical accuracy and exquisite prose, and even genre-adverse readers will be hooked
A captivating and entertaining work of speculative fiction
A unique blend of historical fiction and magical realism about the inextricable relationships between three people, a watch with magical powers and a clockwork octopus . Ideal escapist holiday reading, your imagination will run riot
A clever detective story, a thrilling steampunk adventure and a poignant examination of the consequences of class warfare and English, Irish and Japanese nationalism in the 19th century
Gorgeous . I had high hopes for the Victorian-era novel. And I was not disappointed
Blends historical events with clever flights of fancy . An inventive debut; clever, intriguing, and astonishingly assured
Descriere
WINNER OF A BETTY TRASK AWARD 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016An International Bestseller / A Guardian Summer Read / An Amazon Best Book of the Month / A Goodreads Best Book of the Month / A Buzzfeed Summer Read / A Foyles Book of the Month / A Huffington Post Summer Read / A Yorkshire Post Book of the WeekIn 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. When the watch saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori - a kind, lonely Japanese immigrant. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library, desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry.As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses.