Passarola Rising Hardcover - 2006
by Azhar Abidi
A dazzling literary debut that will appeal to fans of Life of Pi, and a delightful fictional journey through the best and worst of Enlightenment Europe
This charming tale of adventure opens in 1731 with the launch of the Passarola, a peculiar airship, from the ramparts of a castle in Lisbon. Invented by Bartolomeu Lourenço to escape the intellectually stultifying climate of Portugal, the airship whisks him and his brother Alexandre away as they travel from the salons and bordellos of Ancien Régime Paris to the desolate far reaches of the North Pole in search of scientific truth. Leaving behind their parents inBrazil and Alexandre's beautiful love interest, Maria, a lady-in-waiting at the Portuguese court, they encounter some of the most colorful characters in eighteenth-century Europe, from the loquacious Voltaire to the irascible King Stanislaus of Poland. But their valorous quest for knowledge is threatened by the condemnation of Portugal's Cardinal Conti, who views their scientific quest as a heresy. Filled with evocative period detail, Passarola Rising is a deftly handled picaresque tale that also touches upon the nature of truth and fraternal companionship. It is sure to captivate fans of the adventure tales of Jules Verne as well as readers of the quirky, inventive novels of Haruki Murakami and Yann Martel.
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- Title Passarola Rising
- Author Azhar Abidi
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st.
- Pages 244
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2006-01-19
- ISBN 9780670034659 / 0670034657
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.22 x 5.54 x 0.89 in (20.88 x 14.07 x 2.26 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005042430
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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