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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.
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The Cloud Sketcher, Richard Rayner
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- The Cloud Sketcher
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Rayner
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN10
- 0007128320
- ISBN13
- 9780007128327
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Architecture, Love, USA, New York, Nordic Noir, Revolution, Finland, Bolshevism, Skyscrapers
- First published
- 2002
- Original title
- The cloud sketcher
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- 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.