PerpetualMotion

SetinsouthernOntariointhelatenineteenthcentury，atatimewhenthemachineagewascomingintoitsown，PerpetualMotionchroniclesthefortunesofsettlerRobertFraser，amanobsessedwithpowerandcontrol.Drivenbytheideaofinventingaperpetualmotionmachinewhichwillutilizenaturalenergy，heneglectsanddestroysnotonlythenaturearoundhimbuthisownfamilytoo，ashisoverbearingrationalitybecomesakindoftragiclunacy.Firstpublishedin1982，PerpetualMotionisGraemeGibson'ssuperbevocationofatimewhenfaithinmaterialprogressisstillchallengedbysuperstitionandalingeringbeliefinmagic.Itisanironicyetcompassionateexaminationofthepainfulconsequencesofhumanfolly.FromtheHardcoveredition.