Spark the Stone Man : First book of the first Series

Pekurovskaya, asya

ISBN 10: 0982848714 / ISBN 13: 9780982848715

Published by Pekasus, 2011

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Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spark the Stone Man : First book of the first Series
• Publisher: Pekasus
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0982848714
• ISBN 13: 9780982848715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Titova, Olga
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.19 pounds

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Synopsis

The icy range of the Granite Mountains looks desolate. Yet living in it are the stonemasons whose life is flinty as the granite they hew, and their laws are merciless. At the foot of Granite Mountain lies the verdant, luxuriant Lemon Drop Valley. But no one can descend there, for the only entry to the Valley is kept secret by the Royal House of stone masons. Nevertheless, our little hero, Spark, learns the secret and finds his way to the Valley. There he is captivated by lingering, intoxicating smells of tropical plants, is greeted by twin moons, encounters a giant who converses with a monument, finds himself strolling on a splendid seaside promenade, falls in love with ? local beauty, and teams up (under very strange circumstances) with a confectioner who helps him sneak into the Great Wizard's castle. Once inside the castle, he witnesses a secret Forum of Wizards in action, as well as frightening transformations performed by the magic Mash-fatum. Just when he feels at ease in the magical Valley, Spark latches onto the illusory nature of his expectations and with a broken heart, he resolves to return home.

About the Author

Born in Leningrad (now St. Peterburg), Russia, Asya Pekurovskaya received M.A. in literature from Leningrad University, wed a writer, was blessed with a child and with a chance to immigrate to America, finished a doctoral program in literature at Stanford University and a post doctoral program in philosophy at the University of Charlottesville. Prior to writing children fantasy series (6 books) in two languages, she published three titles in Russian: a memoir (2001) about her married life with Sergej Dovlatov, a writer of notable renown in Russia; a monograph on Dostoevsky: Passions According to Dostoevsky: Mechanisms of Desire (2004); and a monograph on Kant titled The Hermetic Life of Immanuel Kant: Beyond Hearing and Vision (2010). Now she is working on a manuscript called Reading after Reading in which she offers her reading of a French postmodernist, Gilles Deleuze reading Leibniz in a book called Le pli (The fold ).