The Cloud Sketcher: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century by Richard Rayner

In a tiny village in Finland, Esko Vaananen is at the brink of despair -- he loves a woman he can never have. Suddenly, in the magical light of the aurora borealis, he has a vision of an impossibly tall building rising gracefully from the frozen lake and disappearing into the clouds above him. This pilvenpiirtaja -- 'cloud sketcher' or skyscraper -- sparks a lifelong quest for beauty in Esko. He will pursue and protect these two passions -- his vision and his love -- no matter how great the cost, for the rest of his life. It is a journey that leads him into the Bolshevik revolution and the Jazz Age nightclubs of New York City and to strike a Faustian bargain with a ruthless gangster -- all in the pursuit of artistic perfection and impossible, unattainable love. This 2001 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Paperback is in good condition.

ISBN: 9780007123278 SKU: 1317095 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

Location: Fiction