
Academy
Mick Rooney(Author)
Lulu.com (Publisher)
Published on 3. May 2008
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-4092-0319-3 (ISBN)
Description
An extraordinary journey into fiction, surrealism, and some of the greatest artist and innovators of the past. Leonardo Buonarroti works as a clerk for the region's Academy. The Academy is an all-controlling, totalitarian government ruling in every aspect of a citizen's life. Set against a snow-covered, post-war, apocalyptic landscape, this Orwellian novel sets an austere atmosphere of unease throughout, merging surrealism and historical documentary. It weaves a complex and fragmented journey, from the Great Siberian Explosion of 1908, to the lives of artists and innventors, including, da Vinci, Von Zeppelin and the Russian explorer, Kulik. On his journey from the Academy to the Underground, Leonardo discovers the lies and truths in his own life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
429 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4092-0319-3 (9781409203193)
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Person
Mick Rooney is an author, researcher and freelance journalist. He has been writing for more than thirty years and published eleven books of fiction and nonfiction, including Filigree & Shadow, a collection of his shorter fiction. His debut novel was Academy.
He has written and published numerous articles in print and online over the years about publishing, music, aviation, translation and retail.
He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1968 and now lives in the Netherlands.
He has written and published numerous articles in print and online over the years about publishing, music, aviation, translation and retail.
He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1968 and now lives in the Netherlands.