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In a tiny village in Finland, Esko Vaananen is at the brink of despair -- he loves a woman he can never have. Suddenly, in the magical light of the aurora borealis, he has a vision of an impossibly tall building rising gracefully from the frozen lake and disappearing into the clouds above him. This pilvenpiirtaja -- "cloud sketcher" or skyscraper -- sparks a lifelong quest for beauty in Esko. He will pursue and protect these two passions -- his vision and his love -- no matter how great the cost, for the rest of his life. It is a journey that leads him into the Bolshevik revolution and the Jazz Age nightclubs of New York City and to strike a Faustian bargain with a ruthless gangster -- all in the pursuit of artistic perfection and impossible, unattainable love.
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The Cloud Sketcher, Richard Piers Rayner
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2001
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- Titel
- The Cloud Sketcher
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Richard Piers Rayner
- Uitgever
- HarperCollins
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2001
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 448
- ISBN10
- 0007128320
- ISBN13
- 9780007128327
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Detectives & Thriller, Historische romans, Detectiveverhalen, Architectuur, Liefde, Verenigde Staten, New York, Noordse detectives, Revolutie, Finland, Bolsevisme, Wolkenkrabbers
- Eerste editie
- 2002
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- The cloud sketcher
- Beoordeling
- 3,7 van 5
- Aantekening
- In a tiny village in Finland, Esko Vaananen is at the brink of despair -- he loves a woman he can never have. Suddenly, in the magical light of the aurora borealis, he has a vision of an impossibly tall building rising gracefully from the frozen lake and disappearing into the clouds above him. This pilvenpiirtaja -- "cloud sketcher" or skyscraper -- sparks a lifelong quest for beauty in Esko. He will pursue and protect these two passions -- his vision and his love -- no matter how great the cost, for the rest of his life. It is a journey that leads him into the Bolshevik revolution and the Jazz Age nightclubs of New York City and to strike a Faustian bargain with a ruthless gangster -- all in the pursuit of artistic perfection and impossible, unattainable love.