by Alastair Mc Ewen (Author), Alessandro Baricco (Author)
From one of Italy's most brilliant and most inventive writers comes the story of two visionaries of the mid-nineteenth century. Mr Rail is a small-town entrepreneur and glass-maker, and Hector Horeau is the Parisian architect who commissions him to make the glass for the Crystal Palace. They are joined by the extravagant inventor, Pekisch, and Elisabeth, a steam locomotive racing along on a railway to nowhere. Theirs is a Kafkaesque tale of angry visions, confused emotions and fantastic ambitions.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Published: 01 Aug 2002
ISBN 10: 0241141745
ISBN 13: 9780241141748
Book Overview: Alessandro Baricco is the author of Silk , Ocean Sea and City .