- Imaginary places, Juvenile fiction, Blessing and cursing, Fiction
In the floating city of Sanctaphrax, fusty old professors scheme and bicker with each other as they study the weather in minute detail--mistsifting, fogprobing, researching the air blowing in from beyond the Edge.
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Classical in form, resolved, plot-driven and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Stewart, Paul, Chris Riddell, Chris Riddell
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Wydawnictwo Egmont Polska, Doubleday, Fickling Books, David
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- Polish, French, Japanese, English
- ISBN
- 9784591074176
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