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Away
by Jane Urquhart
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0771086598
- ISBN 13
- 9780771086595
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Urquhart, Jane
Away. [Toronto]: McClelland & Steward Inc. 1993: Cover illustration by Edward Burne-Jones c. 1872-73.
ISBN 10: 0-7710-8659-8
Published 4th September 1993.
Co-winner of the 1994 Trillium Book Award.
First edition, first impression. The printer's key (number line) on the copyright page begins with a '1'. Published in pictorial card cover wrappers with, what has been described as, French flaps.
A near fine to fine copy. Inscribed on the title page in the month of publication: To Robert, / with affection/ and thanks / [line through printed name] Jade Sept 1993. The text block is otherwise unmarked. Some rubbing to the cover. The spine is square and has not been cracked or creased.
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Synopsis
A stunning, evocative novel set in Ireland and Canada, Away traces a family's complex and layered past. The narrative unfolds with shimmering clarity, and takes us from the harsh northern Irish coast in the 1840s to the quarantine stations at Grosse Isle and the barely hospitable land of the Canadian Shield; from the flourishing town of Port Hope to the flooded streets of Montreal; from Ottawa at the time of Confederation to a large-windowed house at the edge of a Great Lake during the present day. Graceful and moving, Away unites the personal and the political as it explores the most private, often darkest corners of our emotions where the things that root us to ourselves endure. Powerful, intricate, lyrical, Away is an unforgettable novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Trepanier
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9
- Title
- Away
- Author
- Jane Urquhart
- Format/Binding
- Wrappers with flaps
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0771086598
- ISBN 13
- 9780771086595
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 4th September 1993
- Keywords
- Canadian Irish Canada Ireland Literature
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