Intimate Cartographies - Hardcover

Alexander, L.A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0715630113 ISBN 13: 9780715630112

Publisher: Duck Editions, 2000

Synopsis

With the informatory sweep of "Fermat's Last Theorem", and the omnipresent force of nature at large in "Wuthering Heights", this novel is the heart-rending story of cartographer Dr Magda Beard, whose map-making metier finally enables her to come to terms with heartbreak. A commission to make a three dimensional map of The Rusland Valley, forces Dr Beard to return to the scene of a terrible tragedy, from which she has never recovered. As she begins to chart the beautiful, wild, dangerous terrain, so does she start to chart her own lost emotional landscape through a series of personal maps, locked in a cabinet. At times mystical, at times brutal, the past and present dance to the tune of pleasure and pain, love and loss, ultimately mapping the path to a future for Magda.

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Review

"'Loved Intimate Cartographies...Most of all, I liked, and responded to instantly, the tone of the writing - sharp, witty, clever and requiring absolute attention so as not to miss a single nuance...demanding but excellent' - Margaret Forster; 'Intelligent, tight and prettily written' - Anna Shapiro, The Times; 'A deeply moving novel with breathtaking clarity and rare emotional truth...reminiscent of Laurie Moore, Alexander beautifully combines insight with a spiky wry humour' - Julie Wheelwright, Scotland on Sunday"

About the Author

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Lynne Alexander moved to England in 1970. Formerly a professional harpsichordist, she now teaches creative writing and lives in Cumbria.

Edition details

• Publisher: Duck Editions
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0715630113
• ISBN 13: 9780715630112
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288