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The acclaimed novel, The Library Book, by John Fiske, explores art and creativity, while bringing readers into the worlds of neo-Classical architecture and New York at the turn of the 20th century. Please explore this site to learn more about the novel, the author, and how he uncovered this original story.
About the Book...
John Carrère, an architect during the Gilded Age of industrial wealth in New
York, attempts to unlock the relationship that exists between an artist and his
art. Does the artist control his art, or does the art control the artist? In
observing his partner Thomas Hastings in the design and construction of the New
York Public Library, Carrère confirms that every artistic relationship subject
to evolution, frustration, and reward.
In this groundbreaking
novel, John Fiske recalls the glorious Gilded years at the dawn of the Twentieth
Century and describes in detail the now all-but-forgotten Beaux-Arts
architectural design philosophy that was prevalent at that time. He ruminates on
the now abandoned marble quarries in Vermont that yielded the stone for the
Library, giving readers a satisfying journey through history toward discovery.
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