Things in Heaven and Earth
Dec 2008 · Author House
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Floating bricks poetically changing color? The authentic deed to Londons St. Pauls Cathedral for sale at a street market? A mini-nebula transported in a fish-and-chips bag? British Telephones most darling operator enmeshed in the Eternal Wheels inexorable circuit? All these and more events fill one week for Winslow, who descends each morning from the north balcony of Liverpool Street Station into a surreal London. His many journeys on the Underground confront him with a bewildering assortment of troublesome passengers, bishops, engineers, agitators, enforcers and formidable matrons, along with the exasperating spirit of Descartes and the mockery of an unsyrnpathtic Deity. All concludes to Winslows satisfaction, however, with Liverpool Street Station created anew under his admirably humanistic ordering.
About the author
Merritt Abrash, author of Things in Heaven, and Earth wrote numerous articles on utopian studies, science fiction, and art history—his primary teaching field—during his professorial career at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Since retirement, he has published several books: a utopian novel, an “imagined biography” of an actual 18th century artist created from fifty short stories, and a group of absurdist history plays of which one has been professionally produced. He also founded the Society for Utopian Studies, leading organization in its field, and currently does art history research for the Frelinghuysen Morris Foundation, Lenox, Massachusetts.
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