{"product_id":"the-cloud-sketcher-richard-rayner-9780060956134","title":"The Cloud Sketcher","description":"In a tiny village in Finland, Esko Vaananen is at the brink of despair -- he loves a woman he can never have. Suddenly, in the magical light of the aurora borealis, he has a vision of an impossibly tall building rising gracefully from the frozen lake and disappearing into the clouds above him. This \u003cem\u003epilvenpiirtaja\u003c\/em\u003e -- \"cloud sketcher\" or skyscraper -- sparks a lifelong quest for beauty in Esko. He will pursue and protect these two passions -- his vision and his love -- no matter how great the cost, for the rest of his life. It is a journey that leads him into the Bolshevik revolution and the Jazz Age nightclubs of New York City and to strike a Faustian bargain with a ruthless gangster -- all in the pursuit of artistic perfection and impossible, unattainable love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Rayner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060956135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060956134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.32w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Mar\/Apr 2002\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2002 pg. 1","brand":"Richard Rayner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981418987775,"sku":"9780060956134","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa41cddf-82c7-4dec-bf39-5200d34fd54a.jpg?v=1683255456","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cloud-sketcher-richard-rayner-9780060956134","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}