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A band of misfits boards an airship to search for utopia, in this novel by the author of The Balloonist, a National Book Award "A delight" (Philip Pullman, author of The Amber Spyglass).An unemployed American metaphysician, a perpetually ill English nurse, a guilt-ridden German captain--they and a handful of others are about to board an airship called The League of Nations. Under the seductive spell of Moira, a mix of mystic, cult leader, and prophet, these haunted men and broken women will go…
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- Author: MacDonald Harris
- Publisher: The Overlook Press
- Year: 2013
- Pages: 304
- ISBN: 9781468308419
- ISBN-10: 1468308416
- ISBN-13: 9781468308419
- Format: ePub
- Language: English
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A band of misfits boards an airship to search for utopia, in this novel by the author of The Balloonist, a National Book Award "A delight" (Philip Pullman, author of The Amber Spyglass).An unemployed American metaphysician, a perpetually ill English nurse, a guilt-ridden German captain--they and a handful of others are about to board an airship called The League of Nations. Under the seductive spell of Moira, a mix of mystic, cult leader, and prophet, these haunted men and broken women will go in search of a mysterious polar promised land--but the journey may not take them where they expect it to . . .
Set in the years after the First World War, this is a uniquely imaginative novel from an author praised by the Chicago Tribune as "a gifted craftsman, a meticulous writer whose powers as a storyteller are as compelling as the sexual tensions he imagines."
"His sympathy for such a range of characters in their crazinesses, their various kinds of loneliness, their sheer comedy is wonderful. I think it's one of his very best." --Philip Pullman, author of The Amber Spyglass
"As stirring and beautiful as one of the airships that MacDonald Harris so obviously delighted in . . . Witty, sexy, surprising, and so generous to his cast of crackpots and con-artists and heartsore seekers." --Owen King, author of Double Feature
"[The author] weaves a magical web of words in his narrative of mysticism, s�ances and a dirigible named The League of Nations . . . The action is inspired and written in undeniably gorgeous prose." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
- Author: MacDonald Harris
- Publisher: The Overlook Press
- Year: 2013
- Pages: 304
- ISBN: 9781468308419
- ISBN-10: 1468308416
- ISBN-13: 9781468308419
- Format: ePub
- Language: English English
A band of misfits boards an airship to search for utopia, in this novel by the author of The Balloonist, a National Book Award "A delight" (Philip Pullman, author of The Amber Spyglass).
An unemployed American metaphysician, a perpetually ill English nurse, a guilt-ridden German captain--they and a handful of others are about to board an airship called The League of Nations. Under the seductive spell of Moira, a mix of mystic, cult leader, and prophet, these haunted men and broken women will go in search of a mysterious polar promised land--but the journey may not take them where they expect it to . . .
Set in the years after the First World War, this is a uniquely imaginative novel from an author praised by the Chicago Tribune as "a gifted craftsman, a meticulous writer whose powers as a storyteller are as compelling as the sexual tensions he imagines."
"His sympathy for such a range of characters in their crazinesses, their various kinds of loneliness, their sheer comedy is wonderful. I think it's one of his very best." --Philip Pullman, author of The Amber Spyglass
"As stirring and beautiful as one of the airships that MacDonald Harris so obviously delighted in . . . Witty, sexy, surprising, and so generous to his cast of crackpots and con-artists and heartsore seekers." --Owen King, author of Double Feature
"[The author] weaves a magical web of words in his narrative of mysticism, s�ances and a dirigible named The League of Nations . . . The action is inspired and written in undeniably gorgeous prose." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
An unemployed American metaphysician, a perpetually ill English nurse, a guilt-ridden German captain--they and a handful of others are about to board an airship called The League of Nations. Under the seductive spell of Moira, a mix of mystic, cult leader, and prophet, these haunted men and broken women will go in search of a mysterious polar promised land--but the journey may not take them where they expect it to . . .
Set in the years after the First World War, this is a uniquely imaginative novel from an author praised by the Chicago Tribune as "a gifted craftsman, a meticulous writer whose powers as a storyteller are as compelling as the sexual tensions he imagines."
"His sympathy for such a range of characters in their crazinesses, their various kinds of loneliness, their sheer comedy is wonderful. I think it's one of his very best." --Philip Pullman, author of The Amber Spyglass
"As stirring and beautiful as one of the airships that MacDonald Harris so obviously delighted in . . . Witty, sexy, surprising, and so generous to his cast of crackpots and con-artists and heartsore seekers." --Owen King, author of Double Feature
"[The author] weaves a magical web of words in his narrative of mysticism, s�ances and a dirigible named The League of Nations . . . The action is inspired and written in undeniably gorgeous prose." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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