Arcadia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781101970836)

From the author of the international best seller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadia is an astonishing work of imagination.

In Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own. He finds an unlikely confidante in Rosie, an inquisitive young neighbor who, while chasing after Lytten's cat one day, stumbles through a doorway in his cellar and into a stunning and unfamiliar bucolic landscape--remarkably like the fantasy world Lytten is writing about. There she meets a young boy named Jay who is about to embark on a journey that will change both their lives. Elsewhere, in a distopian society where progress is controlled by a corrupt ruling elite, the brilliant scientist Angela Meerson has discovered the potential of a powerful new machine. When the authorities come knocking, she will make an important decision--one that will reverberate through all these different lives and worlds.

Author: Iain Pears
ISBN-10: 1101970839
ISBN-13: 9781101970836
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2017
Pages: 608
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 29
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 179999 / Arcadia