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Zusatztext "Inspired by the mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry! a work of art nearly a millennium old! THE COMET SEEKERS weaves an exquisite tale of love and fate! impermanence and infinity! the pull of the sky and the bonds of earth. Helen Sedgwick charts the paths of the cosmos and the human heart with unnerving intelligence and grace. This is a novel about the universe! yes! but also about spaces small and secret-the homes we make for ourselves: how we build them! why we leave! and what it means to stay. A luminous debut." Informationen zum Autor Helen Sedgwick is a writer, editor, and physicist, who grew up in London and now lives in the Scottish highlands. Helen was the managing director of Cargo Publishing from 2014 to 2015, and she founded Wildland Literary Editors in 2012. The same year she won a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award and since then her writing has been published internationally and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. She was awarded a distinction from the MLitt in Creative Writing at Glasgow University in 2008. Before that, she worked as a research physicist, earning a PhD in Physics from Edinburgh University. She lives near the Dornoch Firth with her partner, photographer Michael Gallacher. Klappentext A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that braids the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors. When Róisín and François meet at a remote research base on the frozen ice sheets of Antarctica, they are immediately drawn to each other. At first glance, the pair could not be more different. Older by a few years, Róisín, a daughter of Ireland and a peripatetic astronomer, joins the science team to observe the fracturing of a comet overhead. François, the base’s chef, has just left his birthplace in Bayeux, France, for only the second time in his life. Yet the two are connected by devastating tragedy, the longing for a fresh start, and an indelible yet unknown bond that stretches back centuries. Helen Sedgwick carefully unfolds their surprisingly intertwined paths, moving forward and back through time to reveal how these lovers’ destinies have long been united by the skies—the arrival of comets great and small. In telling Róisín and François’s story, Sedgwick illuminates the lives of their ancestors, showing how strangers can be connected and ghosts can be real, and how the way we choose to see the world can be as desolate or as beautiful as the comets themselves. A mesmerizing, skillfully crafted, and emotionally perceptive novel that explores the choices we make, the connections we miss, and the ties that inextricably join our fates, The Comet Seekers reflects how the shifting cosmos unites us all through life, beyond death, and across the whole of time. Zusammenfassung A magical! intoxicating debut novel! both intimate and epic! that intertwines the past! present! and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors. Róisín and François are immediately drawn to each other when they meet at a remote research base on the frozen ice sheets of Antarctica. At first glance! the pair could not be more different. Older by a few years! Róisín! a daughter of Ireland and a peripatetic astronomer! joins the science team to observe the fracturing of a comet overhead. François! the base’s chef! has just left his birthplace in Bayeux! France! for only the second time in his life. Yet devastating tragedy and the longing for a fresh start! which they share! as well as an indelible but unknown bond that stretches back centuries! connect them to each other. Helen Sedgwick carefully unfolds their surprisingly intertwined paths! moving forward and back through time to reveal how these lovers’ destinies have long been tied to each other by the skies—the arrival of comets great and s...
