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Arcadia

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Victor, an eighty-year-old multimillionaire, surveys his empire from the remoteness of his cloud-capped penthouse. Expensively insulated from the outside world, he nonetheless finds that memories of his impoverished childhood will not be kept so easily at bay. Focusing on the one area of vitality and chaos that remains in the streets below him, he formulates a plan to leave a mark on the city - one as indelible and disruptive as the mark the city left on him.

Издательство: "Picador" (2008)

ISBN: 978-0-330-45333-2

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  • Arcadia — ist: in der antiken Geographie: eine Landschaft im Peloponnes, siehe Arkadien eine römische Provinz im spätantiken Ägypten, siehe Arcadia Aegypti eine Stadt auf Kreta, siehe Arcadia (Kreta) in den Vereinigten Staaten: Arcadia (Florida) Arcadia… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Arcadia — Arcadia, NE U.S. village in Nebraska Population (2000): 359 Housing Units (2000): 189 Land area (2000): 0.563250 sq. miles (1.458810 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.563250 sq. miles (1.458810… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Arcadia — (Ланьон,Франция) Категория отеля: 2 звездочный отель Адрес: Route De Perros Guirec, 22300 Ланьон, Фр …   Каталог отелей

  • arcadia — ARCÁDIA s.f. Curent literar italian şi european ale cărui principii au fost elaborate de membrii academiei Arcadia (întemeiată la 1690) şi care orientau poezia către arta bucolică, simplă şi clară a elegiei greceşti şi latine. [pron. di a. / < …   Dicționar Român

  • Arcadia — (Нагано,Япония) Категория отеля: 4 звездочный отель Адрес: 380 0881 Нагано, Нагано, Kadosawa …   Каталог отелей

  • Arcadia — Ar*ca di*a, n. [L. Arcadia, Gr. ?.] 1. A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Any region or scene of simple… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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