The Back Of The Turtle: A Novel - Couverture souple

King, Thomas

 
9781443431637: The Back Of The Turtle: A Novel
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 144343163X ISBN 13 : 9781443431637
Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2017

Synopsis

Winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction

Winner of the Sunburst Award

Winner of the Copper Cylinder Adult Award

Finalist for the Trillium Book Award

Finalist for the CBC Bookie Awards

Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award

When Gabriel Quinn, a brilliant scientist, abandons his laboratory and returns to Smoke River Reserve, where his mother and sister lived, he finds that almost everyone in the community has disappeared. Even the sea turtles are gone, poisoned by an environmental disaster known as The Ruin.

The fact is, Gabriel was the chief architect of the disaster and he has come to Smoke River to witness the destruction he created and to drown himself in the sea. But as he prepares to let the water take him, he sees a young girl in the waves. Plunging in, he saves her and is soon saving others. Who are these people, with their long black hair and almond eyes, who seem to have fallen from the sky?

Showcasing King’s brilliant wit and trademark wordplay, The Back of the Turtle is a funny, smart, sometimes confounding, and altogether unforgettable tale of betrayal, salvation, and the resilience of life.

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À propos de l?auteur

THOMAS KING is an award-winning writer and photographer. His critically acclaimed, bestselling books include Aliens on the Moon; Medicine River; Green Grass, Running Water; One Good Story, That One; Truth and Bright Water; A Short History of Indians in Canada; The Back of the Turtle (winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction); The Inconvenient Indian (winner of the RBC Taylor Prize); Indians on Vacation; Sufferance; and the poetry collection 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin. A Companion of the Order of Canada, Thomas King lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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Éditeur
Harper Perennial
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
144343163X
ISBN 13 
9781443431637
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
528
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
HarperCollins Publishers Ireland
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9781443446464: The Back Of The Turtle

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1443446467 ISBN 13 :  9781443446464
Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers, 2014
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