A Mapmaker's Dream

James Cowan

A Mapmaker's Dream
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Country
United States
Published
1 May 2008
Pages
151
ISBN
9781590305201

A Mapmaker’s Dream

James Cowan

In sixteenth-century Venice, in an island monastery, a cloistered monk experiences the adventure of a lifetime all within the confines of his cell. Part historical fiction, part philosophical mystery, A Mapmaker’s Dream tells the story of Fra Mauro and his struggle to realize his life’s work: to make a perfect map one that represents the full breadth of Creation. News of Mauro’s projects attracts explorers, pilgrims, travelers, and merchants, all eager to contribute their accounts of faraway people and places. As he listens to the tales of the strange and fantastic things they’ve seen, Mauro comes to regard the world as much more than continents and kingdoms: that it is also made up of a vast and equally real interior landscape of beliefs, aspirations, and dreams. Mauro’s map grows and takes shape, becoming both more complete and incomprehensible. In the process, the boundaries of Mauro’s world are pushed to the extreme, raising questions about the relationship between representation, imagination, and the nature of reality itself.

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