THE MINISTRY OF TIME
Εκδότης Sceptre , ISBN 9781399726351
A BOY MEETS A GIRL. THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE. A FINGER MEETS A
TRIGGER. THE BEGINNING MEETS THE END. ENGLAND IS FOREVER. ENGLAND
MUST FALL.
In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious
new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test the limits of timetravel.
Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with, assisting and monitoring the expat known as
'1847' - Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died
on Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to find
himself alive and surrounded by outlandish concepts such as 'washing machine', 'Spotify'
and 'the collapse of the British Empire'. With an appetite for discovery and a seven-a-day
cigarette habit, he soon adjusts; and during a long, sultry summer he and his bridge
move from awkwardness to genuine friendship, to something more.
But as the true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge, Gore
and the bridge are forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures. Can love
triumph over the structures and histories that have shaped them? And how do you defy
history when history is living in your house?
Περίληψη
A BOY MEETS A GIRL. THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE. A FINGER MEETS A
TRIGGER. THE BEGINNING MEETS THE END. ENGLAND IS FOREVER. ENGLAND
MUST FALL.
In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious
new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test the limits of timetravel.
Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with, assisting and monitoring the expat known as
'1847' - Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died
on Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to find
himself alive and surrounded by outlandish concepts such as 'washing machine', 'Spotify'
and 'the collapse of the British Empire'. With an appetite for discovery and a seven-a-day
cigarette habit, he soon adjusts; and during a long, sultry summer he and his bridge
move from awkwardness to genuine friendship, to something more.
But as the true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge, Gore
and the bridge are forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures. Can love
triumph over the structures and histories that have shaped them? And how do you defy
history when history is living in your house?
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Bradley, Kaliane
- Eκδότης Sceptre
- ISBN 9781399726351
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100085130
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2024
- Σελίδες 368
- Διαστάσεις
- Βάρος 350 gr