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Away: A Novel
by Urquhart, Jane (SIGNED)
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0670855049
- ISBN 13
- 9780670855049
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1994. First American Edition, 1ST Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A novel of Irish immigrants to Canada, dealing with changing times. 356 pp. Black cloth spine has gilt text and is mated with blue paper covered boards. Top edge dyed green. Unclipped ($21.95) DJ has front panel painting by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Book is from the collection of Toronto author/poet and often-times host at Harbourfront literary events, Greg Gatenby. His signature and the year of this book's acquisition at top ffep. " For Greg /with Thanks/ from Jane /Oct. 1997." Unique association copy. Inscribed by author. Bookseller's Inventory # 123001
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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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003001
- Title
- Away: A Novel
- Author
- Urquhart, Jane (SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1ST Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670855049
- ISBN 13
- 9780670855049
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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