From the moment Louisa first catches sight of the strange man
who occupies a forbidden room on the thirty-third floor, she is
determined to befriend him.Unbeknownst to Louisa, he is Nikola
Tesla--inventor of AC electricity and wireless communication--and
he is living out his last days at the Hotel New Yorker.Winning his
attention through a shared love of pigeons, she eventually uncovers
the story of Tesla''s life as a Serbian immigrant and a visionary
genius: as a boy he built engines powered by June bugs, as a man he
dreamed of pulling electricity from the sky.The mystery deepens
when Louisa reunites with an enigmatic former classmate and faces
the loss of her father as he attempts to travel to the past to meet
up with his beloved late wife. Before the week is out, Louisa must
come to terms with her own understanding of love, death, and the
power of invention.The Invention of Everything Else immerses the
reader in a magical mid-twentieth-century New York City thrumming
with energy, wonder, and possibility.
關於作者:
Samantha Hunt''s fiction has been published in the New Yorker
and McSweeney''s and she has written one previous novel. She
received the ''5 under 35'' award from the American National Book
Foundation in 2006 and currently teaches writing and bookmaking at
the Pratt Institute.