Instructor - Couverture souple

Follett, Beth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 155081866X ISBN 13 : 9781550818666

Editeur : Breakwater Books, 2021

Synopsis

***THE MIRAMICHI READER'S VERY BEST BOOK AWARDS, FICTION: LONGLIST***

***FOREWORD INDIES: LITERARY, ADULT FICTION: BRONZE***

When Ydessa Bloom's husband dies in a Cessna crash in a mid-Ontario lake, she rents a cottage at that lake, without really comprehending why, and stays for three months. There she meets three people who will influence her life dramatically--her landlady, a yoga teacher, and a precocious eight-year-old boy named Henry Rattle.

Years later, at the age of twenty-five and reeling from personal tragedy, Henry seeks Ydessa out once again, and they find themselves alone on the day of the Northeast blackout, drawn into an encounter that will change them both.

In Instructor, Beth Follett magnificently follows the natural tendencies of the human mind to dart and drift, to leap and eddy, creating an utterly compelling narrative at once patient and enthralling. Through grief, wonder, and introspection, Instructor captures the fluidity of the self, carrying readers away in the current of Follett's inescapable prose.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Beth Follett is the founder and publisher of Pedlar Press, a Canadian literary house. Her first novel, Tell It Slant (Coach House Books, 2001), a retelling of Djuna Barnes's 1936 novel Nightwood, met with critical acclaim. Her poetry, prose and nonfiction work have appeared in Brick, Best Canadian Poetry 2019, and elsewhere. She lives in St John's, NL.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Breakwater Books
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 155081866X
• ISBN 13: 9781550818666
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible