Freed after two thousand years of captivity, the god Hermes taps people's minds to study contemporary society, and he battles Hephaestus, the degenerate technology god

The God of Impertinence

Literature & Fiction

Nadolny, Sten

United States

Penguin??Books

In The Discovery of Slowness, German novelist Sten Nadolny recounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). The reader follows Franklin's development from awkward schoolboy and ridiculed teenager to expedition leader, governor of Tasmania, and icon of adventure. Everyone with whom he came into contact sensed that he was a rare man, one who was “out of his time” and who moved to a different, grander beat. That beat eventually led Franklin to sail once more—on his final, fateful voyage—into the Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage. The Discovery of Slowness is both a riveting account of a remarkable and varied life, and a profound and thought-provoking meditation on time.

The Discovery of Slowness

Literary

Penguin Publishing Group

In The Discovery of Slowness, German novelist Sten Nadolny recounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). The reader follows Franklin's development from awkward schoolboy and ridiculed teenager to expedition leader, governor of Tasmania, and icon of adventure. Everyone with whom he came into contact sensed that he was a rare man, one who was “out of his time” and who moved to a different, grander beat. That beat eventually led Franklin to sail once more—on his final, fateful voyage—into the Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage. The Discovery of Slowness is both a riveting account of a remarkable and varied life, and a profound and thought-provoking meditation on time.

Contemporary

VIKING

Freed after two thousand years of captivity, the god Hermes taps people's minds to study contemporary society, and he battles Hephaestus, the degenerate technology god. By the author of The Discovery of Slowness.

God of Impertinence

Viking Adult

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: The Discovery Of SlownessAuthor: Nadolny, Sten/ Freedman, Ralph (TRN)/ Honore, Carl (FRW)Publisher: Consortium Book Sales &amp; DistPublication Date: 2005/05/30Number of Pages: 325Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: 2005003145

Paul Dry Books

"In Sten Nadolny's masterfulThe Joy of Sorcery, magic, love, and family illuminate a tragic time in world history . . . Quirky, well-drawn characters inhabit a believable world that's rich with possibilities . . . This book should be savored. Each letter to Mathilda is a tasty buffet of wise, whimsical insights into the richness of human experiences. Pahroc's legacy of love for his family inspires zest for living, too.The Joy of Sorcery is a headlong dive into love and magic, told with humor and heart, that leaves one wishing for just one more letter from the sly old sorcerer Pahroc."--Foreword Reviews As a young boy in Germany before the First World War, Pahroc discovers that he has abilities other children do not share. He can lengthen his arm at will, reaching out to pluck a cherry ten feet away; he can absorb all of the information in a book by placing two fingers on its spine; he can appear to others in the form of a crocodile if he so chooses: He is a sorcerer. Pahroc muses that, "Even when it gradually dawns on someone that they might be a sorcerer, it's not necessarily a matterof joy . . . Your gift separates you from others . . . Who can you talk with about it except other sorcerers? One thing is clear to us all: we must keep this art secret." Pahroc finds his own community of sorcerers, including Emma, the woman he marries, and as the years pass, he becomes one of the great masters of his secret calling. He works as a radio technician, then an inventor, then a psychotherapist, and the outside world never knows that he can fly through the air unassisted, or walk through walls. Being able to temporarily turn to steel or conjure money from nothing prove crucial to surviving and ushering his growing family through the Second World War. By the time he is 106 years of age, Pahroc's greatest concern is passing on his art to his granddaughter Mathilda, who is still an infant but is the only one of his many children and grandchildren to have revealed talents like his own. In a series of twelve letters, which form this book, he writes down his life for her. It is the witty, endearing, and surprising story of a man with his own special way of resisting the disenchantment of the world.

The Joy of Sorcery

Nadolny's masterpiece, The Discovery of Slowness tells the incredible story of Sir John Franklin, a sailor and explorer who battled the frozen Arctic wastes and paved the way for the discovery of the Northwest Passage. Ridiculed for his slowness in his youth, Franklin's quiet calm later helps him to become an icon of adventure.
A classic of contemporary German literature, The Discovery of Slowness is not only a riveting account of a remarkable life but also a profound and thought-provoking meditation on time.

The Discovery Of Slowness (Canons)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Canongate Canons

Oldenbourg Interpretationen, Bd.77, Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

Kohpeiß, Ralph

Oldenbourg Schulbuchverlag

Die Entdeckung Der Langsamkeit: Roman (German Edition)

Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit: Roman (German Edition)

Piper

Ein Gott der Frechheit: Roman (German Edition)

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The God of Impertinence

The Discovery of Slowness

The Discovery of Slowness

God of Impertinence

The Discovery of Slowness

The Joy of Sorcery

The Discovery Of Slowness (Canons)

Oldenbourg Interpretationen, Bd.77, Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit: Roman (German Edition)

Ein Gott der Frechheit: Roman (German Edition)