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The chemistry of tears / Peter Carey. |
| Authors: | Carey, Peter, 1943- |
| Call number: | SF CAR |
| Publisher: | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. |
| Publication date: | 2012. |
| Subject: |
Women museum curators -- Fiction.
Robots -- Fiction. Brandling, Henry C. (Henry Charles), b. 1818 -- Fiction. London (England) -- Fiction. |
| Title: | The chemistry of tears / Peter Carey. |
| Edition: | 1st United States ed. |
| Physical description: | 229 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Summary note: | London, 2010. Grieving the loss of her lover, Swinburne museum curator Catherine Gehrig is given a special project--bring back to life an automaton whose original owner, 19th century Englishman Henry Brandling, was also confronted with the mystery of life and death. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Science fiction. Love stories |
| ISBN: | 9780307592712 (alk. paper) 0307592715 (alk. paper) 0307295710 9780307295712 |
| LCCN: | 2012005880 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1371151 |
| Bib No.: | 1371151 |