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Language:English.Gutenbergs Apprentice: A Novel
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"Schoeffer anchors the story, but Gutenberg flashes-megalomaniacal and duplicitous, with hair 'wild and bristling to his shoulders...beard cascad[ing]...glinting here and there like twists of wire, ' and 'glowing, canine eyes.' Christie masterfully depicts the time and energy required to print the first Bibles...A bravura debut."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Enthralling...Christie demonstrates a printer's precision...in her account of quattrocentro innovation, technology, politics, art and commerce."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Gorgeously written...dramatizes the creation of the Gutenberg Bible in a story that devotees of book history and authentic historical fiction will relish...An inspiring tale of ambition, camaraderie, betrayal, and cultural transformation based on actual events and people, this wonderful novel fully inhabits its age."--Booklist (starred review)
"Rich in historical detail...the story of the birth of the printing press is fascinating. Readers who enjoy historical fiction such as Tracy Chevalier's REMARKABLE CREATURES will enjoy this."--Library Journal
"As beautifully written as the printed pages it describes, this is an intelligent, masterful novel that immerses the reader in a fascinating historical time and place."--Rosamund Lupton, bestelling author of SISTER and AFTERWARDS
"By juxtaposing the lexicon of traditional printing with references to modern concepts like intellectual property theft, Christie spotlights intriguing parallels between 15th-century Europe and the digital media of the 21st-century world."--New York Times Book Review
"Enthralling...With the help of contemporary experts on early printing, and 15th century German history, Christie has written a compelling first novel. This is an exceptional work full of trickery, betrayal, and historical significance."--The Missourian
"GUTENBERG'S APPRENTICE is an imaginative recounting of history that, despite a 15th-century setting, reflects many of today's chief matters of concern. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the ever-changing art of publishing."--BookPage
"This ambitious but beautifully executed historical novel captures the life and times of half a millennium ago, and with the above parallels, draws us closer to today's publishing revolution."--New York Journal of Books
"I loved this novel! Alix Christie's debut is intensely observed, so much so that I felt myself in the dark rooms of history with the people laboring over the metal and words to bring us print, but also laboring over their own lives and love and survival."--Susan Straight, author of HIGHWIRE MOON, National Book Award Finalist
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"Enthralling...Christie demonstrates a printer's precision...in her account of quattrocentro innovation, technology, politics, art and commerce."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Gorgeously written...dramatizes the creation of the Gutenberg Bible in a story that devotees of book history and authentic historical fiction will relish...An inspiring tale of ambition, camaraderie, betrayal, and cultural transformation based on actual events and people, this wonderful novel fully inhabits its age."--Booklist (starred review)
"Rich in historical detail...the story of the birth of the printing press is fascinating. Readers who enjoy historical fiction such as Tracy Chevalier's REMARKABLE CREATURES will enjoy this."--Library Journal
"As beautifully written as the printed pages it describes, this is an intelligent, masterful novel that immerses the reader in a fascinating historical time and place."--Rosamund Lupton, bestelling author of SISTER and AFTERWARDS
"By juxtaposing the lexicon of traditional printing with references to modern concepts like intellectual property theft, Christie spotlights intriguing parallels between 15th-century Europe and the digital media of the 21st-century world."--New York Times Book Review
"Enthralling...With the help of contemporary experts on early printing, and 15th century German history, Christie has written a compelling first novel. This is an exceptional work full of trickery, betrayal, and historical significance."--The Missourian
"GUTENBERG'S APPRENTICE is an imaginative recounting of history that, despite a 15th-century setting, reflects many of today's chief matters of concern. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the ever-changing art of publishing."--BookPage
"This ambitious but beautifully executed historical novel captures the life and times of half a millennium ago, and with the above parallels, draws us closer to today's publishing revolution."--New York Journal of Books
"I loved this novel! Alix Christie's debut is intensely observed, so much so that I felt myself in the dark rooms of history with the people laboring over the metal and words to bring us print, but also laboring over their own lives and love and survival."--Susan Straight, author of HIGHWIRE MOON, National Book Award Finalist
'Sophisticated and moving... Powerful' Sunday Times
A powerful historical novel about a young German scribe apprenticed to one of history's most extraordinary characters, Johann Gutenberg, creator of the first printed Bibles. Dramatic, colourful, historically accurate, the novel is both gripping and informative, bringing to life a period of unprecedented change in Europe and beyond.
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- PublisherHarper
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0062345303
- ISBN 13 9780062345301
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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