A wonderful trip. I consider myself a heavy reader. I probably read over 100 books every year. This is now my top one. And I haven't even finished yet ! I'm looking forward to reading Thomas Wharton's other books.ABOUT THE BOOK
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«Spellbinding, original, Salamander careens through a world of ideas and stories in which the transforming power of books, the thirst for knowledge, and the pursuit of immortality become erotic. It is also a universal story of love and obsession. Set in the eighteenth century, the narrative revolves around a world-spanning quest for the infinite book. Along the way the novel gathers stories that range from a Chinese tale of jealousy and lost love to the remarkable history of Alexandria’s other great library and to epoch-making moments on the battlefields of colonial America. At the centre of the novel’s unforgettable cast of characters is the London printer Nicholas Flood, a dedicated craftsman who is unprepared for all that awaits him when he accepts an unusual commission. Intricate, humane, infused with humour and pathos, Salamander is an exhilarating, elegantly crafted novel.»
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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«The process was more painful than it sounds. All of Salamander’s original frame story was dumped. Convoluted subplots hit walls for weeks on end. He wrote himself into corners and trashed “tons of material.” To free his mind, Wharton turned to nonsensical tasks. He points to an elaborate, two-page pop-up in the centre of his scrapbook. “That took me four hours. I came up from the basement and showed my wife and she just looked at me and said, ‘This is what you’ve been doing? I thought you were working on your book.’ Well, I was.”»
Thomas Wharton's blog : Here.
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