by Marie Rutkoski · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467244632
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«El Gabinete de Curiosidades» is the young adult fantasy novel by Marie Rutkoski, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (272 pages, in Spanish).
In sixteenth-century Bohemia, Petra lives with her father, an inventor with power over metal, and with Astrophil, a talking mechanical spider. Prince Rudolf commissions a unique astronomical clock, but then blinds its creator to keep his secret. Petra must infiltrate the royal cabinet to restore his sight and discover something more.
First installment of the The Kronos Chronicles saga; its original title is The Cabinet of Wonders and it was originally published in English in 2008.
Recommended for young adult and adult readers who enjoy historical fantasy, adventures, and mechanical inventions.
Marie K. Rutkoski in Hinsdale, Illinois is an American children's writer, and professor at Brooklyn College. She has three younger siblings. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. in English with a minor in French in 1999, and then her English M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2003 and 2006 respectively. She lives in Brooklyn with her family and two cats, Cloud and Firefly.
