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A Case of Curiosities (Harvest Book)

by Allen Kurzweil

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In France, on the eve of the Revolution, a young man named Claude Page sets out to become the most ingenious and daring inventor of his time. In the course of a career filled with violence and passion, Claude learns the arts of enameling and watchmaking from an irascible, defrocked abbé, apprentices himself to a pornographic bookseller, and applies his erotic erudition to the seduction of the wife of an impotent wigmaker. But it is Claude's greatest device-a talking mechanical head-that both crowns his career and leads to an execution as tragic as that of Marie Antoinette, and far more bizarre.

Hailed by critics for the shimmering brilliance of its inventions and its uncanny fidelity to the textures of the past, A Case of Curiosities places

Allen Kurzweil securely in the ranks of the finest literary artists of our time.

Synopsis:

A young inventor in preindustrial Europe constructs his greatest device, a masterpiece that proves to be his downfall, leading to an execution as tragic as that of Marie Antoinette and one that is much more bizarre. This debut work is a national bestseller, now available in paperback.

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About the Author

Allen Kurzweil was named a "Best Young American Novelist" by Granta for A Case of Curiosities, his first novel. He has been the recipient of Guggenheim and Fullbright Fellowships, and a 1999 Fellow of the New York Public Library for Scholars and Writers. He has completed his second book, The Grand Complication. His fiction has been honored in the United States, France, Italy, and Ireland. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780156012898

Author:

Kurzweil, Allen

Publisher:

Harvest Books

Location:

San Diego

Subject:

General

Subject:

Historical

Subject:

History

Subject:

France

Subject:

Historical - General

Subject:

Inventors

Subject:

Historical fiction

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Edition Number:

1st Harvest ed.

Edition Description:

Second Edition

Series:

Harvest Book

Series Volume:

6

Publication Date:

20010831

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

384

Dimensions:

8 x 5.31 in 0.79 lb

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"Synopsis" by Libri, A young inventor in preindustrial Europe constructs his greatest device, a masterpiece that proves to be his downfall, leading to an execution as tragic as that of Marie Antoinette and one that is much more bizarre. This debut work is a national bestseller, now available in paperback.