{"product_id":"the-invention-of-everything-else-paperback","title":"The Invention of Everything Else - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamantha Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York City thrums with energy, wonder, and possibility in this magical novel about the life of Nikola Tesla.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1943, and the renowned inventor Nikola Tesla occupies a forbidden room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker, stealing electricity. Louisa, a young maid at the hotel determined to befriend him, wins his attention through a shared love of pigeons; with her we hear his tragic and tremendous life story unfold. Meanwhile, Louisa discovers that her father--and her handsome, enigmatic love interest, Arthur Vaughan--are on an unlikely mission to travel back in time and find his beloved late wife. A masterful hybrid of history, biography, and science fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Everything Else\u003c\/i\u003e is an absorbing story about love and death and a wonderfully imagined homage to one of history's most visionary scientists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of vivid imagery, sounds, memories, and dreams, this novel is a sweet story of just how normal it is to be different.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 wife. Before the week is out, Louisa must come to terms with her own understanding of love, death, and the power of invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Remarkable . . . It is a rare thing for a writer to conjure belief and true understanding, but with \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Everything Else\u003c\/i\u003e, Samantha Hunt has accomplished exactly that.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Dazzling.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Ingenious.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Borders Original Voices Selection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Book Sense Pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Samantha Hunt is the author of the acclaimed first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Seas\u003c\/i\u003e, which in 2006 won a National Book Foundation award for writers under thirty-five. Her fiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bard Fiction Prize (2010)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761072177440,"sku":"9780547085777","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9940dfb3e36dce42f4541dfc7c84558c.webp?v=1780198869","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-invention-of-everything-else-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}