The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt

Things like that, talking storms, happen to me frequently. You want to know what the storm said? Listen. A hot, damp breath, a tunnel between his mouth and my ear. Try and catch me, perhaps, and then it bent down close to my ear in the very same way my brother Dane used to do. And in between the two I’m reminded of a secret. Title.Įverything that can be invented has been invented. The invention of everything else / Samantha Hunt.ġ. The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows: Read moreįor information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to or to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 3 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10016. A “sophisticated pastiche of science fiction, fantasy, melodrama, and historical anecdote,” The Invention of Everything Else is both a heartfelt story of love and death and an homage to one of history's most visionary scientists ( Elle). Meanwhile, Louisa’s father is embarking on an unlikely mission to travel back in time to find his beloved late wife. Little by little, he confides in her the tragic and tremendous story of his life.

And as she helps him on his daily walks, she wins his affection through a shared love of pigeons. Louisa, a young hotel chambermaid, is determined to befriend him. Broke, forgotten, and suffering from a weak heart, his only consolations are his memories and his daily walks to Bryant Park. It is 1943, and legendary inventor Nikola Tesla occupies a forbidden room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker, stealing electricity. Nikola Tesla spends the last days of his extraordinary life at the Hotel New Yorker “in this surreal historical novel dazzles in the details” ( The New Yorker).

The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt