Overview
From the author of the international best seller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadia is an astonishing work of imagination.In Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own. He finds an unlikely confidante in Rosie, an inquisitive young neighbor who, while chasing after Lytten's cat one day, stumbles through a doorway in his cellar and into a stunning and unfamiliar bucolic landscape--remarkably like the fantasy world Lytten is writing about. There she meets a young boy named Jay who is about to embark on a journey that will change both their lives. Elsewhere, in a distopian society where progress is controlled by a corrupt ruling elite, the brilliant scientist Angela Meerson has discovered the potential of a powerful new machine. When the authorities come knocking, she will make an important decision--one that will reverberate through all these different lives and worlds.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781101970836
- ISBN-10: 1101970839
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: January 2017
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.85 pounds
- Page Count: 608
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