Encyclopaedia of Snow

Encyclopaedia of Snow

Main Market Ed.

Paperback (06 Feb 2004)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A lost notebook is discovered, its pages filled with an array of entries about snow. Leafing through each item in turn, it becomes apparent that the selection is not as haphazard as first glances might suggest. Scientific description, historical accounts and fantastical incidents slowly, teasingly unfold to reveal a series of love-stories, at the heart of which is one particular story - a story that twists and threads through the various excerpts and extracts to form a letter to an absent lover.

'Glints with myth and magic . . . bold and exhilarating' Observer

'All the delicacy of an intricate piece of ice sculpture . . . The effect of the different entries swirling and spiraling is kaleidoscopic' Sunday Telegraph

About the Publisher

Picador

Picador

Picador publishes outstanding international writing, fiction and non-fiction, in both hardback and paperback, and has numerous prize winners on its list. Picador has established a reputation for literary fiction with a broad commercial appeal, groundbreaking non-fiction, (particularly, reportage, literary biography and memoir) and a formidable poetry list, which has consistently won many of the major prizes.

Book information

ISBN: 9780330411783
Publisher: Macmillan
Imprint: Picador
Pub date:
Edition: Main Market Ed.
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 260
Weight: 180g
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 16mm