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Lädt ... The Smithsonian Institution (1998)von Gore Vidal
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A light, unmemorable book, certainly my least favorite of Vidal's novels. Donated to Goodwill. ( ) In 1939, a teenage prodigy is taken to live at the Smithsonian where he is involved with the development of the atomic bomb and time travel. At night the displays at the Smithsonian come to life which lead to lots of interesting situations. I loved this novel and was sorry when it ended because I will never have the priviledge of reading it for the first time again. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Good Friday, 1939, and T., a sixteen-year-old schoolboy, arrives at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. The museum is closed, but T. manages to slip in, and it would appear that somehow, he is expected. An old man, Bentsen, shows him around, and T. realises that all is not as it seems. As he goes to examine a Native American exhibit, he is drawn magically into the nineteenth-century world of a reservation of Sioux Indians. They like what they see of T. and immediately get the pot boiling. T. is forced to take refuge in the tent of a young Squaw. They become lovers, and she helps him to escape back to the safety of the Smithsonian. Back with Bentsen, T. explores the Smithsonian further and begins to fathom the mysteries of time travel. The Smithsonian scientists have discovered how to get back to the past, but still don't know how to travel to the future. T. puts his brilliant mathematical brain to the problem. However, given a glimpse into the future, T. sees his own untimely death, and becomes determined to prevent the outbreak of WWII... Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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