Editore: House of Anansi Press, Concord, ON, 1996
ISBN 10: 088784586X ISBN 13: 9780887845864
Da: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
softcover. Condizione: Very good copy. Later prt. edition. 8vo, 199 pp., CBC Massey Lectures Series., Pen marks in the first chapter.
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Editore: House of Anansi Press, Concord, ON, 1995
ISBN 10: 0887845762 ISBN 13: 9780887845765
Da: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Paperback. pp. 199. 8vo. Spine creased, light shelfwear, ink name & date; very good-.
Editore: House of Anansi Press, Concord, ON, 1997
ISBN 10: 0887845886 ISBN 13: 9780887845888
Da: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Paperback. pp. 155. 8vo. Very good+.
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Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Canada, Concord, 2020
ISBN 10: 1487001711 ISBN 13: 9781487001711
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. #1 National Bestseller Finalist, CBC Canada Reads Finalist, Scotiabank Giller Prize By turns savage, biting, funny, poetic, and heartbreaking, Megan Gail Coless debut novel rips into the inner lives of a wicked cast of characters, exposing class, gender, and racial tensions over the course of one Valentines Day in the dead of a winter storm. Valentines Day, the longest day of the year. A fierce blizzard is threatening to tear a strip off the city, while inside The Hazel restaurant a storm system of sex, betrayal, addiction, and hurt is breaking overhead. Iris, a young hostess, is forced to pull a double despite resolving to avoid the charming chef and his wealthy restaurateur wife. Just tables over, Damian, a hungover and self-loathing server, is trying to navigate a potential punch-up with a pair of lit customers who remain oblivious to the rising temperature in the dining room. Meanwhile Olive, a young woman far from her northern home, watches it all unfurl from the fast and frozen street. Through rolling blackouts, we glimpse the truth behind the shroud of scathing lies and unrelenting abuse, and discover that resilience proves most enduring in the dead of this winters tale. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd., Concord, Ontario, Canada, 1996
ISBN 10: 0887841708 ISBN 13: 9780887841705
Da: Cornerstone Books, Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. In November, 1994, eleven Nobel laureates gathered in Toronto to answer the question: What is the role of science in society? This book presents the lectures the laureates delivered on the occasion. Here are the thoughts of some of the greatest scientific minds of the twentieth century, covering subjects such as DNA and hemoglobin, lysosomes, the maser, and the structure of the nucleus. These thought-provoking essays delve into issues of paramount importance as humanity tries to navigate the increasingly complex course that science and technology present. Included are photographs and illustrations. This copy is clean and solid.
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Editore: House of Anansi Press, Concord, ON, 1994
ISBN 10: 0887840914 ISBN 13: 9780887840913
Da: Irolita Books, Aurora, ON, Canada
Paperback. Condizione: FINE. Reprint. No writing/markings. Binding is square and tight. 239 pages. -- Please feel free to ask for additional information, or detailed photos. US orders ship USPS from Niagara Falls, NY. Canadian orders ship from Ontario.
Editore: House of Anansi Press, Concord, Ontario, Canada, 1997
ISBN 10: 0887846084 ISBN 13: 9780887846083
Da: Samuel S Lin, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Reprinted. 105 pages. One cover corner creased otherwise fine.
Editore: House Of Anansi Press, Concord, 1994
ISBN 10: 0887845592 ISBN 13: 9780887845598
Da: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Paperback. pp. 166. 8vo. Light shelfwear; near fine.
Editore: West Concord: House of Anansi Press, 1995
ISBN 10: 0887841694 ISBN 13: 9780887841699
Da: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo. Fine in fine DJ. 278 pages.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Limited, Concord, Ontario, 1995
ISBN 10: 0887845681 ISBN 13: 9780887845680
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Paperback. Condizione: Fine. First edition. Sm 8vo. Glossy illustrated wrappers, with French flaps. 85 pages. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
Editore: Concord: House of Anansi Press
Da: The Book Scouts, Sanborn, NY, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! Signed by Author(s) Inscribed and signed by the author. Fine in illustrated wraps with French folds Language: eng Language: eng. Signed.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2023
ISBN 10: 1487010303 ISBN 13: 9781487010300
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A writer's witty and surprisingly optimistic account of learning to live with Parkinson's disease.When he was sixty-five, Franois Gravel was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, upending the old age he had imagined for himself. As a way of contemplating his new life with a degenerative illness, he turned to what he knew best and loved most: writing. Gravel immersed himself in research on Parkinson's, exploring its medical history and treatments and paying close attention to the changes he experienced, all in service of learning how to best manage his symptoms throughout the advancement of this incurable disease.With a lightness of touch that belies a difficult subject (he imagines Dr. Parkinson as a military man who has set up camp in his brain), Gravel shares what he has learned in a memoir that is at once charming, serious, and moving. He writes, "For a long time, I believed that Parkinson's was a disease. Now, I realize it's a philosophy course." Colonel Parkinson in Charge is, in some ways, the companion text for this course, engaging with and demystifying a daunting subject to help readers better understand life with Parkinson's disease. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2017
ISBN 10: 1487001924 ISBN 13: 9781487001926
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The twentieth-anniversary edition of Nick Craines searing graphic novel about a legendary Canadian punk band, based on the feature film by Bruce McDonald and the novel by Michael Turner.Joe Dick, Billy Tallent, John Oxenburger, and Pipefitter are Hard Core Logo Vancouvers legendary, but now defunct, punk band.Joe Dick coaxes his former bandmates to overcome personal differences and reunite for a benefit concert for their ageing punk mentor, Bucky Haight, who has been shot. But the concerts not enough for Joe; he wants the band to hit the road again. For the Hard Cores this means the beginning of the end, and they come to realize that they can neither relive nor alter the past.From the pen of hugely talented Canadian comic artist and illustrator Nick Craine comes a searing rendition of those Hard Core days and nights. In this graphic take on the story originally conceived by Michael Turner and made into a critically acclaimed film by Bruce McDonald, Craine pits the legendary Hard Cores against a collage-like backdrop of bars, hotel rooms, the road, and the Canadian Prairies.Featuring a new introduction by Lynn Crosbie and a tear-out guitar chord book, Hard Core Logo: Portrait of a Thousand Punks weaves together a patchwork narrative of found art, dialogue, songs, and incidental bystanders. Craine skillfully renders his own unique cover-version of this cult film classic in graphic novel form. The 20th anniversary edition of Nick Craine's searing graphic novel about a legendary Canadian punk band, based on the feature film by Bruce McDonald and the novel by Michael Turner. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2024
ISBN 10: 1487012357 ISBN 13: 9781487012359
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. AVA LEE IS OUT FOR REVENGE IN THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF IAN HAMILTONS BESTSELLING THRILLER SERIES Still reeling from the brutal murder of her close associates Lau Lau and Chen, Ava Lee embarks on a quest for revenge that takes her from Toronto to Los Angeles to Beijing. Along the way, Ava is aided by some familiar faces and old comrades-in-arms, including Sonny Kwon, Jimmy Li, Lop, and Xu, the mountain master of Shanghai.The search leads first to Avas old opponent, Mo, the chairman of the China Movie Syndicate, and then to a shadowy figure at the very top of the Chinese Security Servicethe man who gave the order to kill her friends. Events reach a deadly climax in front of the Tianqiao Theatre in Beijing, but exacting her revenge is only half the battlegetting out of China alive is another matter entirely Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2012
ISBN 10: 1770892788 ISBN 13: 9781770892781
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The appearance of Margaret Atwood's first major collection of poetry marked the beginning of a truly outstanding career in Canadian and international letters. The voice in these poems is as witty, vulnerable, direct, and incisive as we've come to know in later works, such as Power Politics, Bodily Harm, and Alias Grace. Atwood writes compassionately about the risks of love in a technological age, and the quest for identity in a universe that cannot quite be trusted.Containing many of Atwood's best and most famous poems, The Circle Game won the 1966 Governor General's Award for Poetry and rapidly attained an international reputation as a classic of modern poetry. As a part of the launch of the new A List series, a curated selection of titles from Anansi's backlist featuring handsome new covers and introductions by well-known writers, comes Margaret Atwood's Governor General's Literary Awardwinning The Circle Game, with an introduction by Suzanne Buffam. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Concord (ON): House of Anansi Press, 1995, 1998
ISBN 10: 0887845185 ISBN 13: 9780887845185
Da: Books on the Web, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
As new! Paper bound, second printing, viii + Pp100. Single dog-eared page else a fine, as new copy. 130 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2024
ISBN 10: 1487012101 ISBN 13: 9781487012106
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The water slurps my shoulders, torso, and back in a big, wet kiss, bending my image into an ironic clone of the truth. I bow to its dominance and let it break me open. The water alone will have me.Watched obsessively by her guru-like coach,a nameless swimmerbattles the element of water in a gruelling physical regimen. Outside of training,shefloats loose in waters murky, salty, and chlorinated,engaging in aimless self-destruction,restraint looming just beyond her drifting hand.Incrementally,swimming is killing her; the pool is killing her. Hovering always nearbyisa prickly vulture, waiting to feed on the swimmer's remains .Intense and immersive,Kiss the Undertowis a psychologicallygripping account of endurance pushed to extremes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2024
ISBN 10: 1487012500 ISBN 13: 9781487012502
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A genre-bending collection of dramatic monologues shining a light on the anxious, self-directed gaze that defines contemporary consciousness.Borrowing stylistic elements from the prose poem, faux memoir, online diatribe, and philosophical investigation, the twenty-five dramatic monologues in Spencer Gordon's genre-bending collection shine a light on the anxious, self-directed gaze that defines contemporary consciousness. CEOs lose their obscene wealth in lurid hellrealms; an aspiring writer reassembles a personal history out of fragments from the 2000s; police cadets receive a curious crash course in transduction and ethics; the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and Deepwater Horizon oil spill reveal the immanent sublime.Ranging from ironic and furious to pleading and melancholic, Gordon's speakers exist in a world of social media think pieces, hot takes and take downs, fake news and distorted facts, steeped in pop culture and its discontents. They are real people, intimate as kin. But they're also pseudonyms, ghosts, and playbacks, echoing from insubstantial handles drifting on the web. They lie and lurk and love online, channelling the morphemes of digital language and filtering the concerns of self, performance, digital identity, and complicity through the irreverence, non-rationality, and surprising beauty of Zen. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2023
ISBN 10: 1487012330 ISBN 13: 9781487012335
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. With imaginative aplomb and abiding passion, The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society masterfully traces the deep roots of the Arab immigrant experience. These unforgettable interlocking stories follow an Arab family as they flee the Middle East in the nineteenth century, settle in Montreal in the twentieth, and face the collision between tradition and modernity in the twenty-first. This family includes trailblazing Lebanese freedom fighters, undercover operatives in World War II, and brave Syrian refugees trying to find their place in Canadian society. The line of daring women culminates in Azuree, a young Arab woman living in the echoes of her ancestors' voices. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2023
ISBN 10: 1487011385 ISBN 13: 9781487011383
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Finalist, 2023 Writers' Union of Canada Danuta Gleed Literary AwardFinalist, 2024 Alberta Literary AwardsBrittle Paper 100 Notable African Books of 2023Moving, insightful, linked stories about the determination of Somali immigrants despite duty, discrimination, and an ever-dissolving link to a war-torn homeland.In the insular rooms of The Private Apartments, a cleaning lady marries her employers nephew and then abandons him, a depressed young mother finds unlikely support in her community housing complex, a new bride attends weddings to escape her abusive marriage, and a failed nurse is sent to relatives in Dubai after a nervous breakdown. These captivating and compassionate stories eloquently showcase the intricate linkages of human experience and the ways in which Somalis, even as a diaspora, are indelibly connected. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2023
ISBN 10: 1487011660 ISBN 13: 9781487011666
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Winner, 2023 Governor General's Literary AwardWinner, 2023 Writers Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2+ Emerging WritersLonglisted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for FictionGenre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of colour and explore queerness, family, and community.A couple in a crumbling marriage faces divine intervention. A woman dies in her dreams again and again until she finds salvation in an unexpected source. A teenage misfit discovers a darkness lurking just beyond the borders of her suburban home.The stories in Chrysalis, Anuja Vargheses debut collection, are by turns poignant and chilling, blurring the lines between the real world and worlds beyond. Varghese delves fearlessly into complex intersections of family, community, sexuality, and cultural expectation, taking aim at the ways in which racialized women are robbed of power and revelling in the strange and dangerous journeys they undertake to reclaim it. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2009
ISBN 10: 0887848427 ISBN 13: 9780887848421
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures.In Polynesia we set sail with navigators whose ancestors settled the Pacific ten centuries before Christ. In the Amazon we meet the descendants of a true lost civilization, the Peoples of the Anaconda. In the Andes we discover that the earth really is alive, while in Australia we experience Dreamtime, the all-embracing philosophy of the first humans to walk out of Africa. We then travel to Nepal, where we encounter a wisdom hero, a Bodhisattva, who emerges from forty-five years of Buddhist retreat and solitude. And finally we settle in Borneo, where the last rainforest nomads struggle to survive.Understanding the lessons of this journey will be our mission for the next century. For at risk is the human legacy -- a vast archive of knowledge and expertise, a catalogue of the imagination. Rediscovering a new appreciation for the diversity of the human spirit, as expressed by culture, is among the central challenges of our time. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2023
ISBN 10: 1487010907 ISBN 13: 9781487010904
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award in the Translation CategoryA Quebec bestseller based on the life of Michel Jeans great-grandmother that delivers an empathetic portrait of drastic change in an Innu community.Kukum recounts the story of Almanda Simeon, an orphan raised by her aunt and uncle, who falls in love with a young Innu man despite their cultural differences and goes on to share her life with the Pekuakami Innu community. They accept her as one of their own: Almanda learns their language, how to live a nomadic existence, and begins to break down the barriers imposed on Indigenous women. Unfolding over the course of a century, the novel details the end of traditional ways of life for the Innu, as Almanda and her family face the loss of their land and confinement to reserves, and the enduring violence of residential schools. Kukum intimately expresses the importance of Innu ancestral values and the need for freedom nomadic peoples feel to this day. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2013
ISBN 10: 1770893237 ISBN 13: 9781770893238
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In Blood, bestselling author Lawrence Hill offers a provocative examination of the scientific and social history of blood, and on the ways that it unites and divides us today. Blood runs red through every person's arteries, and fulfills the same functions in every human being. However, as much as the study and use of blood has helped advance our understanding of human biology, its cultural and social representations have divided us perennially. Blood pulses through religions, literature, and the visual arts, and every time it pools or spills, we learn a little more about what brings human beings together and what divides them. This book is a fascinating historical and contemporary interpretation of blood, as a bold and enduring determinant of identity, race, culture, citizenship, belonging, privilege, deprivation, athletic superiority, and nationhood. Covers of the Canadian and American editions differ slightly. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2024
ISBN 10: 1487011296 ISBN 13: 9781487011291
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A young woman's coming-of-age through a toxic relationship, isolation, and betrayal-set against the stark landscape of the far northMillicent is a shy twenty-four-year-old reporter who moves to Whitehorse to work for a failing daily newspaper. With winter looming and the Yukon descending into darkness, Millicent begins a relationship with Pascal, an eccentric and charming middle-aged filmmaker who lives on a converted school bus in a Walmart parking lot. What begins as a romantic adventure soon turns toxic, and Millicent finds herself struggling not to lose herself and her voice.Events come to a head at Thaw di Gras, a celebration in faraway Dawson City marking the return of light to the north. It's here, in a frontier mining town filled with drunken tourists, eclectic locals, and sparkling burlesque dancers, that Millicent must choose between staying with Pascal or finally standing up to her abuser.In the style of Ottessa Moshfegh's honest exploration of dysfunctional relationships, and with the warmth and energy of Heather O'Neill, Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit illuminates what it's like to be young, impulsive, and in love in one of the harshest environments in the world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2024
ISBN 10: 1487012446 ISBN 13: 9781487012441
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Award-winning author Christina Myers navigates the uncharted territory of midlife in a time of rapid social, cultural, and environmental change.Modern midlife is finding oneself halfway home but without any reliable maps for the route ahead. With wit and warmth, these personal essays move from a first bra to first hot flashes to consider the lessons we learn through media and cultureand from each otherabout bodies, sexuality, fatphobia, gender roles, and what we should want in life. Christina Myers explores the ways that beauty standards and cultural expectations around femininity have shaped our identities and how we might shed those going forward; the power of friendships and the value of having other women to learn from; the anxiety of moving through motherhood into menopause in a time of global environmental crisis and political upheaval; and the uncertainty of how this stage of life should unfold, as old systems shift and crumble. Though our maps for midlife are never identical, we discover familiar paths and common landmarks in each other's stories; these essays remind us there are others on this trail with us, just behind or just ahead, out of sight. We are not alone. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2023
ISBN 10: 1487011504 ISBN 13: 9781487011505
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Finalist, Crime Writers of Canada 2024 Awards of Excellence, Best Crime Novel categoryWhen a killing spree threatens Dundurn, MacNeice risks everything to protect his team and put an end to it. Detective Superintendent MacNeice returns to Dundurn following a month-long suspension and is immediately thrown into the mysterious case of a wounded runner named Jack and a blood trail that spans over forty miles. At the trails source in a Carolinian forest, MacNeice and DI Fiza Aziz find evidence of two homicides, but no bodies.Two days later, Mac is called to a torn-up orchard set ablaze by lightning. A body has been found lying next to a stack of burnt fruit trees. Theres no evidence to suggest the killings are related, and yet MacNeice suspects they are. Buy why disappear the bodies in the forest and leave the orchard corpse to be discovered?As the case develops, the team is confronted by the daylight abduction of a Brant University professorMac is convinced its a killing about to happen. Going on the offensive, he employs the provincial alert system, in part, to let the kidnappers know the net is closing. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2023
ISBN 10: 148701063X ISBN 13: 9781487010638
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A journalistic memoir by a lapsed evangelical Christian that examines how the ecological crisis is shifting the ground of religious faith.Our species is leaving scars on the earth that will last for millennia. How has religious ideology helped bring humanity to the brink of catastrophe? What new expressions of faith might help us respond with grace, self-sacrifice, and love? What will spark our compassion, transcend our divisions, and spur us to action? Josiah Neufeld explores how the interlocking crises of climate change have shifted the ground of religious faith on a quest that is both philosophical and deeply personal. As the son of Christian missionaries based in Burkina Faso, Neufeld grew up aware of his privilege in an unjust world. His faith gave way to skepticism as he realized the fundamental injustice underpinning evangelical Christianity: only a minority would be saved, and the rest would be damned. He was left, though, with an understanding of how peoples actions are influenced by spiritual motives and religious convictions, and of how a framework of faith can counter ones sense of personal powerlessness. The Temple at the End of the Universe is the rallying cry for a new spiritual paradigm for the Anthropocene. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Concord, 2024
ISBN 10: 1487011849 ISBN 13: 9781487011840
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A daughter examines her complicated relationship with a charismatic, narcissistic mother who now lives with alcohol-related dementia.When Cassie Wolfe brings her mother, Nina, to the Albuquerque Presbyterian Hospital to be detoxed, the doctors ask her to write a profile of the patient. But how can she fit Nina into a Word document? The last two years have left Cassie stunned, unable to reconcile the shell of a woman lying in the hospital bed with the force of nature that was her mother. Cassie's memories of Nina span decades and landscapes, from a farmhouse in Massachusetts to the streets of New York and the mountains of New Mexico. Nina was a charismatic iconoclast-an architect and builder who could wield a circular saw as easily as discuss politics art. But as Cassie comes to realize, Nina's brilliant constructions were only possible when she walled off whole sides of herself. Hiding is not unique to Nina-Cassie knows AA is full of just such intelligent, hilarious, powerful women. And when her critical gaze turns to her own life and how she's raising her two daughters, she sees her mother's influence everywhere. In the end, Nina's devastating descent threatens to pull the family under, and Cassie's constant action is propelled by grief until she realizes that all that remains is to let it go. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: House of Anansi Press, Concord, Ontario, 1997
ISBN 10: 0887846025 ISBN 13: 9780887846021
Da: Ken Jackson, Calgary, AB, Canada
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition in trade paperback with French flaps. No bound edition. A fine first printing of author's first book.