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Synopsis
Themes of desire, memory, loss and the various guises of damage, are woven into stories that cross time and continents, like isobars of the psyche, presenting a variety of characters, each caught in moments of crisis and illumination. This is a collection of stories by the author of 'Charades'
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Review
A brilliant collection (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY)
An original, convincing vision of our struggles with ourselves and others, and with our memories and dreams (New York Times Book Review)
This is intellectually sophisticated writing which spirals and loops through mysteries... but never loosens its tug on the sense (Sydney Morning Herald)
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'A brilliant collection' - Publishers Weekly
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- PublisherMcClelland & Stewart
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 077104223X
- ISBN 13 9780771042232
- BindingPaperback
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Slight edgewear. Copyright 1990, Janette Turner Hospital; Canadian ed. Contents - The Mango Tree; Morgan Morgan; The Bloody Past, The Wandering Future; Isobars; The Last of the Hapsburgs; Uncle Seaborn; The Second Coming of Come-by-Chance; I Was Three Ships; Bondi; The chameleon Condition; Dear Amnesty; Eggshell Expressway; To Be Discontinued; The Loss of Faith; Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep; Queen of Pentacles, Nine of Swords; A Little Night Music; Her and Now. Seller Inventory # 19111308
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ISOBARS - Stories
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Anne Graham; (illustrator). First Printing - First Thus. 209 pp. Trade paperback with French flaps. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Anne Graham. This story collection contains: The Mango Tree; Morgan Morgan; The Bloody Past the Wandering Future; The Last of the Hapsburgs; Uncle Seaborn; The Second Coming of Come-by-Chance; I Saw Three Ships; Bondi; The Chameleon Condition; Dear Amnesty; Eggshell Expressway; To Be Discontinued; The Loss of Faith; Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep; Queen of Pentacles Nine of Swords; A Little Night Music; Here and Now; and Isobars. Size: 8vo. Book. Seller Inventory # 226867
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