Voyages in the underworld of Orpheus Black
"Harry Black, a conscientious objector, artist, and firefighter battling the blazes of German bombing in London in 1944, wakes in the hospital to news that his soldier brother, Ellis, has been killed. In the delirium of his wounded state, Harry's mind begins to blur the distinctions between the real...
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Somerville, Massachusetts :
Walker Books,
2019.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition |
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| Summary: | "Harry Black, a conscientious objector, artist, and firefighter battling the blazes of German bombing in London in 1944, wakes in the hospital to news that his soldier brother, Ellis, has been killed. In the delirium of his wounded state, Harry's mind begins to blur the distinctions between the reality of war-torn London, the fiction of his unpublished sci-fi novel, and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Driven by visions of Ellis still alive and a sense of poetic inevitability, Harry sets off on a search for his brother that will lead him deep into the city's Underworld" -- |
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| Physical Description: | 312 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781536204377 1536204374 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
