Close to the Fire - Couverture souple

Helwig, David

 
9780864922724: Close to the Fire
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0864922728 ISBN 13 : 9780864922724
Editeur : Goose Lane Editions, 1999

Synopsis

A snug country house, a snowy landscape in a place that could be Prince Edward Island, a small-town lawyer bumbling through an emotional crisis -- Close to the Fire is a winter's tale that warms the heart while gently chilling the blood. Many years ago, the lawyer (then a student) persuaded the woman who is now his wife to desert Orland, her older husband, and run away with him. Now Orland arrives on their doorstep to die. The lawyer recalls the moral force her exerted to make Marijke change loyalties instead of simply enjoying a little adultery. Does sheltering a dying man atone for stealing his wife? The lawyer doesn't know and isn't sure he cares until a dramatic fire and Orland's death rearrange the domestic hearth.

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À propos de l?auteur

David Helwig (1938-2018) grew up in Ontario and lived in Belfast, Prince Edward Island. He founded the Best Canadian Stories series, and he was the author of sixteen books of fiction and numerous works of non-fiction, including poetry, memoir, documentary and translation. His most recent work of fiction was Close to the Fire (Goose Lane, 1999), a novella, and the novel, The Time of Her Life (Goose Lane, 2000). "Missing Notes" appeared in ArtsAtlantic (61) and was selected for 98: Best Canadian Stories.

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Éditeur
Goose Lane Editions
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0864922728
ISBN 13 
9780864922724
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
115
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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