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Arcadia

(Paperback, Main)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Arcadia

Contributors:

By (Author) Iain Pears

ISBN:

9780571301577

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publication Date:

24th August 2016

UK Publication Date:

2nd June 2016

Edition:

Main

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Science fiction

Dewey:

823.92

Prizes:

Short-listed for Arthur C. Clarke Award 2016

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

736

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 197mm, Spine 44mm

Weight:

478g

Description

Three interlocking worlds. Four people looking for answers.

April, 1960: In the cellar of a professor's house in Oxford, fifteen-year-old Rosie goes in search of a missing cat -- and instead finds herself in a different world.

Anterwold is a sun-drenched land of storytellers and prophecies. But is this world real -- and what happens if Rosie decides to stay

Meanwhile, a rebellious scientist is trying to prove that time does not even exist -- with potentially devastating consequences.As the three worlds come together, one question arises: who controls the future -- or the past...

Author Bio

Iain Pears was born in Coventry in 1955. Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he has worked as a journalist, an art historian and a television consultant. He is the author of An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Dream of Scipio and Stone's Fall. He has also written several highly praised detective novels, a book of art history, and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects.

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