ISBN: 9780151014286

The novel tells the story of Akira Kumo, a retired couturier living in Paris, owner of the world's largest collection of books about clouds, and Virginie Latour, whom Kumo hires to help c… More...

The novel tells the story of Akira Kumo, a retired couturier living in Paris, owner of the world's largest collection of books about clouds, and Virginie Latour, whom Kumo hires to help catalogue his library. While they work he tells her the story behind three figures in particular, all British, all obsessed by clouds: Luke Howard, a real-life Quaker who in 1802 wrote the first treatise classifying clouds (we still use it today); a painter named Carmichael, clearly based on John Constable, one of the most famous cloud painters of all time, and a fictional amateur meteorologist named Richard Abercrombie, who aspires to write the definitive book on cloud description, which would come to be known in cloud circles as the Abercrombie Protocol. Kumo sends Virginie Latour to London to buy the Protocol. By the end of the novel, we learn the Protocol's great secret; we understand what binds these men together; and and we learn that Kumo himself is a survivor of the Hiroshima blast, in whose cloud his family vanished. Media > Book, [PU: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich]<

ISBN: 9780151014286

The novel tells the story of Akira Kumo, a retired couturier living in Paris, owner of the world's largest collection of books about clouds, and Virginie Latour, whom Kumo hires to help c… More...

The novel tells the story of Akira Kumo, a retired couturier living in Paris, owner of the world's largest collection of books about clouds, and Virginie Latour, whom Kumo hires to help catalogue his library. While they work he tells her the story behind three figures in particular, all British, all obsessed by clouds: Luke Howard, a real-life Quaker who in 1802 wrote the first treatise classifying clouds (we still use it today); a painter named Carmichael, clearly based on John Constable, one of the most famous cloud painters of all time, and a fictional amateur meteorologist named Richard Abercrombie, who aspires to write the definitive book on cloud description, which would come to be known in cloud circles as the Abercrombie Protocol. Kumo sends Virginie Latour to London to buy the Protocol. By the end of the novel, we learn the Protocol's great secret; we understand what binds these men together; and and we learn that Kumo himself is a survivor of the Hiroshima blast, in whose cloud his family vanished. Media > Book, [PU: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich]<

2007, ISBN: 9780151014286

Orlando, Florida: Harcourt, Inc., 2007. BT4 - An uncorrected proof softcover book in fine condition. Translated from the French by Timothy Bent. Sensual, hypnotic, and filled with stories… More...

Orlando, Florida: Harcourt, Inc., 2007. BT4 - An uncorrected proof softcover book in fine condition. Translated from the French by Timothy Bent. Sensual, hypnotic, and filled with stories both true and fanciful, The Theory of Clouds is a masterful first novel. Winner of the 2005 Prix de L'Academie Francaise Maurice Genevoix. 8.25"x5.5", 266 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC)., Harcourt, Inc., 2007, 3<

2007, ISBN: 9780151014286

Orlando, Florida: Harcourt, Inc., 2007. BT4 - An uncorrected proof softcover book in fine condition. Translated from the French by Timothy Bent. Sensual, hypnotic, and filled with stories… More...

Orlando, Florida: Harcourt, Inc., 2007. BT4 - An uncorrected proof softcover book in fine condition. Translated from the French by Timothy Bent. Sensual, hypnotic, and filled with stories both true and fanciful, The Theory of Clouds is a masterful first novel. Winner of the 2005 Prix de L'Academie Francaise Maurice Genevoix. 8.25"x5.5", 266 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC)., Harcourt, Inc., 2007<

ISBN: 9780151014286

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Poss… More...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt<