{"product_id":"perpetual-motion-paperback-by-graeme-gibson-afterword-by-ramsay-cook","title":"Perpetual Motion Paperback by Graeme Gibson, Afterword by Ramsay Cook","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eNew Canadian Library\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2010-09-21)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e296\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780771093999\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e272.16\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.56 x 12.95 x 1.42\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eSet in southern Ontario in the late nineteenth century, at a time when the machine age was coming into its own, \u003ci\u003ePerpetual Motion\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the fortunes of settler Robert Fraser, a man obsessed with power and control. Driven by the idea of inventing a perpetual motion machine which will utilize natural energy, he neglects and destroys not only the nature around him but his own family too, as his overbearing rationality becomes a kind of tragic lunacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1982, \u003ci\u003ePerpetual Motion\u003c\/i\u003e is Graeme Gibson’s superb evocation of a time when faith in material progress is still challenged by superstition and a lingering belief in magic. It is an ironic yet compassionate examination of the painful consequences of human folly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraeme Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London, Ontario, in 1934.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn important spokesman for Canadian cultural identity, Gibson was the initial organizer and a founding member of the Writers’ Union of Canada, and was its chairman in 1976. He was also an organizer and founding member of the Writers’ Trust, a non-profit organization, and was subsequently its chairman. From 1987 to 1989 he was president of the Canadian Centre of International PEN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1990, he won a Toronto Arts Award for writing and publishing, and, in 1992 he received the Order of Canada. He is the author of four novels, \u003ci\u003eFive Legs\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eCommunion \u003c\/i\u003e(1971), \u003ci\u003ePerpetual Motion\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), and\u003ci\u003e Gentleman Death\u003c\/i\u003e (1993). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraeme Gibson lives in Toronto, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554731643041,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780771093999","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780771093999_a5be3ad8-e088-4e14-a9cb-e81f25dd04c5.jpg?v=1781776048","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/perpetual-motion-paperback-by-graeme-gibson-afterword-by-ramsay-cook","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}