num_pages: 400
description: Nicholas Flood, an unassuming eighteenth-century London printer, specializes in novelty books -- books that nestle into one another, books comprised of one spare sentence, books that emit the sounds of crashing waves. When his work captures the attention of an eccentric Slovakian count, Flood is summoned to a faraway castle -- a moving labyrinth that embodies the count's obsession with puzzles -- where he is commissioned to create the infinite book, the ultimate never-ending story. Probing the nature of books, the human thirst for knowledge, and the pursuit of immortality, Salamander careens through myth and metaphor as Flood travels the globe in search of materials for the elusive book without end.
language: English
title: Salamander
titlecomplete: Salamander
genres: Historical, Literature, Books About Books, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Steampunk, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Canada
ratings_count: 825
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Sunburst Award
category: Canadian Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
publisher: Washington Square Press