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Title: The Cloud Sketcher: A Novel by Richard Rayner ISBN: 0-06-095613-5 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 19 March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Instant Classic
Comment: It's unfortunate to me that so far this book hasn't attracted the widespread audience it deserves. It begins in Finland with a boy named Esko Vaananen who becomes obsessed with the skyscraper, or pilvenpiirtaja as he knows it. Shortly after he meets a young girl who entrances him, and his destiny converges in his quest for love, and his desire to be a brilliant architect. Spanning nearly thirty years and crossing from the frozen Finland tundra to The jazz infused gang run clubs of New York City Rayner's intricately researched novel certainly brings to mind comparisons with Ayn Rands, "The Fountainhead". Yet for many this will be a much more accessible novel. The dramatic journey the character goes through makes this book an obvious choice for a feature adaptation. A satisfying and wonderfully woven book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Rayner's best book of several
Comment: The book is a fascinating story with historical overtones covering the early 1920's in Finland and NYC. The theme of architecture is gloriously persued wrapped around a love quest. I was crazy about the writing style depicting the elements of creativity, personal drive and interesting character development of the hero architect. Rayner gives indepth visual depictions of people, places and scenes. Three of my family members have passed it around with high praise.
Rating: 3
Summary: A good airplane read but pedestrian.
Comment: 1920s. Esko fights the Bolsheviks in Finland before fleeing to the USA to be a skyscraper architect. 2 stories fused together with little to link them. Well sketched characters, except for the principal love interest. Historical color. Good pace. Easy to read.
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Title: A Short History of Finland by Fred Singleton ISBN: 0521647010 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: The Best American Short Stories 2002 by Sue Miller, Katrina Kenison ISBN: 0618131736 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Middlesex : A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides ISBN: 0312422156 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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