Shamrock Tea - Hardcover

Carson, Ciaran

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1862073988 ISBN 13: 9781862073982

Verlag: Granta Books, 2001

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Book by Carson Ciaran

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This clever and original novel is about Shamrock Tea - an Irish drug that enables users to see things others can't. It lets them see colours more vividly; sounds more clearly; users can penetrate the surfaces of paintings and can even cross time. The principal characters - the narrator, his cousin and a strange Belgian friend - know that their lives are ruled mysteriously by the magnificent van Eyck painting, The Arnolfini Portrait. They have traveled in dream-like moments through the painting into other times and they discover that each moment is linked to every other. However, in the odd world of Shamrock Tea, nothing is straightforward. This title combines dry wit and beautiful prose - the author is a poet - and the result is a novel that is entertaining and very funny.

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Shamrock Tea is an Irish drug that enables its users to see things not given to ordinary mortals. They can sense colours and sounds more vividly; they can penetrate the surface of paintings; they can cross time. The narrator, his cousin and a strange Belgian friend know that their lives are ruled mysteriously by the great van Eyck painting, The Arnolfini Portrait, and they have travelled in dream like moments through the painting into other times. They discover that each moment is connected to every other. But in the strange world of Shamrock Tea, no story can be straightforward. With a cast of characters that includes the gardener Ludwig Wittgenstein, this book will blow your mind.

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• Verlag: Granta Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1862073988
• ISBN 13: 9781862073982
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288