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The Path of Minor Planets

By Andrew Sean Greer
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The Path of Minor Planets by Andrew Sean Greer brings together a diverse cast of astronomers and their families on a distant island to witness a rare comet. As their lives intermittently intersect over the years following this celestial event, the novel explores themes of fate, ambition, and the passage of time, weaving their personal stories into a cosmic tapestry.
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You might enjoy this novel if you're drawn to intricately woven stories that span time and explore the effects of a celestial event on personal lives. It delves into the intertwining fates of international characters confronted with love, identity, and the passage of time, offering a rich tapestry of human emotion and experience.

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The Path of Minor Planets

A compassionate and skillfully drawn novel about chance, friendship, love and the passing of time, from the acclaimed author of The Story of a Marriage.

The Path of Minor Planets by Andrew Sean Greer is a compassionate and skillfully drawn novel about chance, friendship, love and the passing of time, from the acclaimed author of The Story of a Marriage.

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It's 1965, on a small island in the South Pacific, a group of astronomers gather to witness the passing of a comet. However, when a young boy dies during a meteor shower, the lives of the scientists and their loved ones change in subtle yet profound ways.

The Path of Minor Planets by Andrew Sean Greer is a remarkable and sweeping novel that explores the chances taken and lost, love found and broken, and time's gravitational pull on the lives of both everyday and extraordinary people.

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The Path of Minor Planets by Andrew Sean Greer is praised for its insightful and compassionate exploration of the emotional lives of intelligent individuals. The narrative intricately captures the subtle madness in ordinary characters, delivering a poignant reflection on human longing and celestial aspirations. Critics highlight Greer's exceptional prose, with its vivid metaphors and ethereal beauty, underscoring him as a notable literary talent with a keen perspective on the world.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571272860

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 January 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 229g

Pages: 288

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Andrew Sean Greer Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction

About the Author

Andrew Sean Greer is the author of the novels: The Story of a Marriage, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, and The Path of Minor Planets, as well as the story collection How It Was for Me. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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