Lands of glass
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Bibliographic Information
Lands of glass
（Penguin fiction）（Penguin books）
Penguin, 2003
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Castelli di rabbia
Available at 3 libraries
Note
"First published as Castelli di rabbia in Italy by Rizzoli 1991"--T.p. verso
"First published in Great Britain as Lands of Glass by Hamish Hamilton 2002"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
From one of Italy's most brilliant and most inventive writers comes the story of two visionaries of the mid-nineteenth century and a tale of angry visions, confused emotions and fantastic ambitions. Hector Horeau is an architect with a fantastical notion of whole cities made of glass, and Mr Rail has imagined sheets of glass larger than anyone thinks they will ever need. It is 1849, and the Great Universal Exposition has announced a competition. Together Horeau and Rail build a palace more beautiful than any before...
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