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Richard Rayner (Author)
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 pilvenpiirtaja — “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.
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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 pilvenpiirtaja — “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.
Number of Pages: 432Dimensions: 1.03 x 8.06 x 5.32 INPublication Date: March 19, 2002
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