{"product_id":"the-mercury-visions-of-louis-daguerre-paperback","title":"The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominic Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe debut novel from the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Last Painting of Sara de Vos\u003c\/i\u003e reimagines the life of Louis Daguerre, the inventor of photography, who becomes convinced that the world is going to end when his mind unravels due to mercury poisoning. He is determined to reconnect with the only woman he has ever loved before the End comes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLouis Daguerre's story is set against the backdrop of a Paris prone to bohemian excess and social unrest. Poets and dandies debate art and style in the cafes while students and rebels fill the garrets with revolutionary talk and gun smoke. It is here, amid this strange and beguiling setting, that Louis Daguerre sets off to capture his doomsday subjects. Louis enlists the help of the womanizing poet Charles Baudelaire, known to the salon set as the \"Prince of Clouds\" and a jaded but beautiful prostitute named Pigeon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together they scour the Paris underworld for images worthy of Daguerre's list. But Louis is also confronted by a chance to reunite with the only woman he's ever loved. Half a lifetime ago, Isobel Le Fournier kissed Louis Daguerre in a wine cave outside of Orleans. The result was a proposal, a rejection, and a misunderstanding that outlasted three kings and an emperor. Now, in the countdown to his apocalypse, Louis wants to understand why he has carried the memory of that kiss for so long.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDominic Smith grew up in Sydney, Australia and now lives in Austin, Texas. He holds an MFA in writing from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. His short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis awards include the Dobie Paisano Fellowship from the Texas Institute of Letters, the Sherwood Anderson Fiction Prize, and the Gulf Coast Fiction Prize. In 2006, his debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre\u003c\/i\u003e received the Steven Turner Prize for First Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDominic serves on the fiction faculty in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and has taught recently at the University of Texas at Austin and Southern Methodist University. Find out more at www.dominicsmith.net.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.22 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761492230432,"sku":"9780743271240","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4534905b07b2379ab73e8039763c2633.webp?v=1780208835","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-mercury-visions-of-louis-daguerre-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}