The Chemistry of Tears

Name: The Chemistry of Tears
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Peter Carey
ISBN: 9781464038402

Author: Peter Carey

Narrator: Susan Lyons, Jefferson Mays

Unabridged: 8 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/28/2012

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Cultural Fiction

Synopsis

Critics have used every possible superlative to praise the works of two-time Man Booker Prize winner Peter Carey. In The Chemistry of Tears, Carey continues to astound with a story of love, death and human invention. Museum curator Catherine's affair comes to an abrupt end with her married lover's untimely death. Denied outward grief by the nature of their relationship, Catherine retreats into isolation. Delving into notebooks more than a century old, she feels a growing connection to Henry Brandling, who in 1854 gave life to a mechanical creature.

About Peter Carey

Peter Carey is the author of nine novels, including the Booker Prize-winning Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. Born in Australia in 1943, he now lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Annabel

This novel seemed promising but never really reeled me in. Catherine Gehrig, grief stricken at the death of her (secret)lover, throws herself into her work at a London museum, restoring an enormous complex automaton. Along the way she learns the story of Henry Brandling, who commissioned the design o......more

Goodreads review by Blair

The Chemistry of Tears is one of those typical literary novels: no surprise that it was already a favourite for the Booker before the longlist was even announced (although it didn't end up being nominated). It starts with Catherine Gehrig, a museum conservator, discovering that her long-term (marrie......more