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A Mapmaker's Dream Genre: Fiction Author: Cowan, James Publisher: Shambhala Publications Edition: Pages: 0 Release Date: Media Format: Softcover List Price: $0.00 My Rating:  |
| Summary Monk experiences the adventure of a lifetime — all within the confines of his cell. Part historical fiction, part philosophical mystery, A Mapmaker's Dream tells the story of Fra Mauro and his struggle to realize his life's work: to make a perfect map — one that represents the bre. adth of Creation. News of Mauro's projects attracts explorers, pilgrims, travelers, and merchants, all eager to contribute their accounts of faraway people and places. A she listens to the tales of the strange and fantastic things they've seen, Mauro come to regard the world as much more than continents and kingdoms: that it is also made of a vast and equally real landscape of real interior beliefs, aspasps. Mauro's map grows and takes shape, becoming both more complete and incomprehensible. In the process, the boundaries of Mauro's world are pushed to the extreme, raising questions about the relationship between representation, imagination, and the nature of reality itself. |
