The novel The Chemistry of Tears () by Australian author Peter Carey tells two parallel stories set in two different periods. In the first, an art restorer and horologist grieves the death of her longtime lover by piecing together a complex automaton, losing herself in the absorbing work. The second is the story of that automaton’s commission in the midth century by a man immersed in his own . Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey Whatever you read by Peter Carey, you will find pleasurable, intellectually stimulating and perhaps consciousness raising. I found Chemistry of Tears mainly of the latter two qualities, and I found that I had to add the third attribute, because I began to feel that I did in fact in some way raise or deepen my understanding of the perception of things.3/5. · “The Chemistry of Tears” takes risks, is quietly ambitious and is, in its last pages, both touching and thought-provoking. It’s not vintage Carey, then, but such a gifted writer is always Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.
Peter Carey's dazzling new novel, The Chemistry of Tears, encompasses heartbreak, the comfort of absorbing work, the transformative power of beauty and the soul of an old bltadwin.ru you've never. The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey - the twice Booker Prize-winning author of Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang - is the story of an automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, and a secret love story Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria and now lives in New York. "Leave it to a protean virtuoso like Peter Carey to write a novel, The Chemistry of Tears, that draws compelling parallels between a Victorian-era automaton of a defecating duck and the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. And, what's more, to make of it another delightfully recondite tour-de-force performance.".
“Leave it to a protean virtuoso like Peter Carey to write a novel, The Chemistry of Tears, that draws compelling parallels between a Victorian-era automaton of a defecating duck and the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. And, what’s more, to make of it another delightfully recondite tour-de-force performance.”. Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey Whatever you read by Peter Carey, you will find pleasurable, intellectually stimulating and perhaps consciousness raising. I found Chemistry of Tears mainly of the latter two qualities, and I found that I had to add the third attribute, because I began to feel that I did in fact in some way raise or deepen my understanding of the perception of things. “The Chemistry of Tears” takes risks, is quietly ambitious and is, in its last pages, both touching and thought-provoking. It’s not vintage Carey, then, but such a gifted writer is always.
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