The Chemistry of Tears (original 2012; edition 2012)

by Peter Carey

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London, 2010. Grieving the loss of her lover, Swinburne museum curator Catherine Gehrig is given a special project--bring back to life an automaton whose original owner, 19th century Englishman Henry Brandling, was also confronted with the mystery of life and death.

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Title:	The Chemistry of Tears
Authors:	Peter Carey
Info:	Faber and Faber Ltd. (2012), Paperback, 278 pages
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My favourite kind of book - one that interweaves a character and her life alongside the reading of a book (or in this case, a journal). There is a mystery at the heart of this tale, though not one that could ever be resolved - as Crofty would say, sometimes the mystery is the thing, and not the solution. (

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I have been fascinated by the automaton silver swan for a while now :)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Peter Carey	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Lyons, Susan	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Montijn, Hien	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Chemistry of Tears

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For Frances Coady

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Dead, and no one told me.

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London, 2010. Grieving the loss of her lover, Swinburne museum curator Catherine Gehrig is given a special project--bring back to life an automaton whose original owner, 19th century Englishman Henry Brandling, was also confronted with the mystery of life and death.

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