On The Ravine (Signed, Dated and Lined Canadian First Printing)

Lam, Vincent

ISBN 10: 0735277710 / ISBN 13: 9780735277717

Edité par Knopf Canada, Toronto, ON, 2023

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This copy is signed and dated (23 Sept 2023) on the title page by Vincent Lam and along with his signature the author has written the first sentence of the book, "Chen opened his eyes into a taut, buzzing awareness." First edition and first printing, in AS NEW condition. Scarce signed, dated in the year of publication and in the Canadian First Printing. Signing event provenance laid in.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: On The Ravine (Signed, Dated and Lined Canadian First Printing)
• Éditeur: Knopf Canada, Toronto, ON
• Date de parution: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0735277710
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780735277717
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: As New
• État de la jaquette: As New
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

From the bestselling, Giller Prize-winning author of Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures comes an exquisitely crafted novel, piercing in its urgency and breathtaking in its intimacy, about the devastating experience of addiction.In his downtown Toronto condo, Dr. Chen awakens to the sound of streetcars below, but it is not the early morning traffic that keeps him from sleep. News banners run across his Fentanyl Crisis; Toxic Drug Supply; Record Number of Deaths. From behind the headlines, on the same screen, glow the faces of his patients, the faces of the What if he had done more, or less; or something different? Would they still be alive?Claire is a violinist; she feels at one with her music, taking flight in its melody, free in its movement. But now she rises and falls with the opioids in her system, becoming increasingly reckless. After two overdoses in twenty-four hours, she sits in the blue light of her computer, searching a notice board for my doctor saved my life ; my doctor is just another dealer . And then another message catches her attention, about Chen's be a guinea pig--why not get paid to take it ?When Claire's life intersects with Chen's, the doctor is drawn ever more deeply into the complexities of the doctor-patient relationship, the implication and meaning of his intention to treat. Chen must confront just how far he would go to save a life.Combining the depth of his experience as a physician with the brilliance of his literary talent, Vincent Lam creates a world electric in its precision, radiant in its detail. On the Ravine is a gripping novel of profound emotional force, a soaring achievement from a singular voice in Canadian fiction.