The Resource Archangel : fiction, by Andrea Barrett
Archangel : fiction, by Andrea Barrett
- Summary
- During the summer of 1908, twelve-year-old Constantine Boyd is witness to an explosion of home-spun investigation--from experiments with cave-dwelling fish without eyes to scientifically bred crops to motorized bicycles and the flight of an early aeroplane. In 1920, a popular science writer and young widow tries, immediately after the bloodbath of the First World War, to explain the new theory of relativity to an audience (herself included) desperate to believe in an "ether of space" housing spirits of the dead. Half a century earlier, in 1873, a famous biologist struggles to maintain his sense of the hierarchies of nature as Darwin's new theory of evolution threatens to make him ridiculous in the eyes of a precocious student. The twentieth-century realms of science and war collide in the last two stories, as developments in genetics and X-ray technology that had once held so much promise fail to protect humans--among them, a young American soldier, Constantine Boyd, sent to Archangel, Russia, in 1919--from the failures of governments and from the brutality of war.--Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 238 pages
- Contents
-
- The investigators (1908)
- The ether of space (1920)
- The island (1873)
- The particles (1939)
- Archangel (1919)
- Isbn
- 9780393240009
- Label
- Archangel : fiction
- Title
- Archangel
- Title remainder
- fiction
- Statement of responsibility
- by Andrea Barrett
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- During the summer of 1908, twelve-year-old Constantine Boyd is witness to an explosion of home-spun investigation--from experiments with cave-dwelling fish without eyes to scientifically bred crops to motorized bicycles and the flight of an early aeroplane. In 1920, a popular science writer and young widow tries, immediately after the bloodbath of the First World War, to explain the new theory of relativity to an audience (herself included) desperate to believe in an "ether of space" housing spirits of the dead. Half a century earlier, in 1873, a famous biologist struggles to maintain his sense of the hierarchies of nature as Darwin's new theory of evolution threatens to make him ridiculous in the eyes of a precocious student. The twentieth-century realms of science and war collide in the last two stories, as developments in genetics and X-ray technology that had once held so much promise fail to protect humans--among them, a young American soldier, Constantine Boyd, sent to Archangel, Russia, in 1919--from the failures of governments and from the brutality of war.--Publisher description
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- Title
- Archangel
- Summary
- "Science and sensibility" might be the best way to describe this collection of short stories by the author of the National Book Award-winning Ship Fever, which explores the intersection of human intellect and emotion. Set during various periods in the historical past, from the 1870s to the 1920s, the interconnected stories feature recurring characters who influence one another in subtle, often surprising ways. While readers will encounter a wealth of scientific detail, they'll also be treated to nuanced portrayals of relationships between teachers and students, parents and children, lovers and rivals, and more. - Description by Gillian Speace
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2013.
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- 10192729
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3552.A7327
- LC item number
- A73 2013
- Literary form
- fiction
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- by Andrea Barrett
- Label
- Archangel : fiction, by Andrea Barrett
- Related Subjects
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- Literary fiction
- Historical fiction
- Science -- Social aspects
- Child scientists
- Weapons research
- Science -- Social aspects | History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Scientific discoveries -- Social aspects
- Science in popular culture
- Women scientists
- United States -- History
- Technological innovations -- Social aspects
- Scientists
- Short stories
- Naturalism
- Science -- Social aspects | History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Contents
- The investigators (1908) -- The ether of space (1920) -- The island (1873) -- The particles (1939) -- Archangel (1919)
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- ocn844372890
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- Dimensions
- 22 cm
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- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 238 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393240009
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013016958
Subject
- Historical fiction
- Science -- Social aspects | History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Science -- Social aspects | History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Short stories
- Child scientists
- Historical fiction
- Literary fiction
- Naturalism
- Science -- Social aspects
- Science in popular culture
- Scientific discoveries -- Social aspects
- Scientists
- Short stories
- Technological innovations -- Social aspects
- United States -- History
- Weapons research
- Women scientists
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- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2013.
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