The Balloonist
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It is July 1897, at the northernmost reach of the inhabited world. A Swedish scientist, an American journalist, and a young, French-speaking adventurer climb into a wicker gondola suspended beneath a huge, red-and-white balloon. The ropes are cut, the balloon rises, and the three begin their voyage: an attempt to become the first people to set foot on the North Pole, and return, borne on the wind. Philip Pullman says in his foreword: "Once I open any of MacDonald Harris's novels I find it almost impossible not to turn and read on, so delightful is the sensation of a sharp intelligence at work. In The Balloonist , we see all of his qualities at their best."
Book information
ISBN: | 9781590209806 |
Publisher: | The Overlook Press |
Imprint: | The Overlook Press |
Pub date: | 06 Nov 2012 |
DEWEY: | 813.54 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | ix, 230 |
Weight: | 204g |
Height: | 201mm |
Width: | 135mm |
Spine width: | 18mm |