Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel

When Dr. Leo Liebenstein's wife disappears, she leaves behind a single, con founding clue: a woman who looks, talks, and behaves exactly like her-or al most exactly like her-and even audaciously claims to be her. While everyone else is fooled by this imposter, Leo knows better than to trust his senses in matters of the heart. Certain that the original Rema is alive and in hi ding, Leo embarks on a quixotic journey to reclaim his lost love. With the help of his psychiatric patient Harvey-who believes himself to be a secret agent who can control the weather-Leo attempts to unravel the mystery of th e spousal switch. His investigation leads him to the enigmatic guidance of the meteorologist Dr. Tzvi Gal-Chen, the secret workings of the Royal Acade my of Meteorology in their cosmic conflict with the 49 Quantum Fathers, and the unwelcome conviction that somehow he-or maybe his wife, or maybe even Harvey-lies at the center of all these unfathomables. From the streets of N ew York to the southernmost reaches of Patagonia, Leo's erratic quest becom es a test of how far he is willing to take his struggle against the seeming ly uncontestable truth he knows in his heart to be false. Atmospheric Distu rbances is at once a moving love story, a dark comedy, a psychological thri ller, and a deeply disturbing portrait of a fracturing mind. With tremendou s compassion and dazzling literary sophistication, Rivka Galchen investigat es the moment of crisis when you suddenly realize that the reality you insi st upon is no longer one you can accept, and the person you love has become merely the person you live with. This highly inventive debut explores the.

Product Info

ISBN: 0374200114

ISBN-13: 9780374200114

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Year: 2008

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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