Lightning
by Jean Echenoz
Popularity 4
A fictional portrait of Nikola Tesla. Traces the notable career of Gregor, a precocious young engineer from Eastern Europe, who travels across the Atlantic to work alongside Thomas Edison, with whom he later holds a long-lasting rivalry.
HistoryFictionElectrical engineeringInventionsEccentrics and eccentricitiesEuropeansElectrical engineersInventorsBiographical fictionFiction, historicalFiction, biographicalUnited states, fiction