ISBN: 9780345808868 - come back (6 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good paperback with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From a 2-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, an intense novel of loss, memory and the limitless nature of family love.Hal Wiens, a retired professor, is mourning the sudden death of his loving wife, Yo. To get through each day, he relies on the bare comfort of routine and regular phone calls to his children Dennis and Miriam, who live in distant cities with their families. One snowy April morning, while drinking coffee with his Dené friend Owl in south-side Edmonton, he sees a tall man in an orange downfill jacket walk past on the sidewalk. The jacket, the posture, the head and hair are unmistakable: it's his beloved oldest son, Gabriel. But it can't beGabriel killed himself 25 years ago.The sighting throws Hal's inert life into tumult. While trying to track down the man, he is irresistibly compelled to revisit the diaries, journals and pictures Gabe left behind, to unfold the mystery of his son's death. Through Gabe's own eyes we begin to understand the covert sensibilities that corroded the hope and light his family knew in him. As he becomes absorbed in his son's life, lost on a tide of 'relentless memory,' Hal's griefand guiltis portrayed with a stunning immediacy, drawing us into a powerful emotional and spiritual journey.Come Back is a rare and beautiful novel about the humanity of living and dying, a lyrical masterwork from one of our most treasured writers.…

Condizione: New. RUDY WIEBE s novels, stories and essays stand at the forefront of Canadian literature. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He has won the Governor General s Literary Award for Fiction twice, for The Temptations of Big Bear and for A Discov.

paperback. Condizione: Gut. 288 Seiten; 9780345808868.3 Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Paperback. Condizione: New.