No Fixed Address: An Amorous Journey (Reprints Series)

Van Herk, Aritha; Herk, Aritha

ISBN 10: 0889951837 / ISBN 13: 9780889951839

Published by Red Deer Press, Canada, 2002

About this Item

Near fine and fine condition. No visible defects. Pictures available upon request.

Seller Inventory # 058749

Bibliographic Details

• Title: No Fixed Address: An Amorous Journey (Reprints Series)
• Publisher: Red Deer Press, Canada
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889951837
• ISBN 13: 9780889951839
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Winner of the Writers' Guild of Alberta Award for Fiction

Nominated for the Governor General's Award for Fiction

Arachne Manteia is a road rider, a traveling sales rep who drives a classic Mercedes and peddles women's underwear for a living. From her working class childhood to her comfortable adult life, Arachne refuses the conventional and embraces whatever adventure fate throws in her path.

A rogue sales rep with a man in every town, she lures each into her web of desire. All of them she claims as part of her never-ending journey, which promises fulfillment but offers no map for her longing. Always ready to fight and flee, Arachne Manteia is the quintessential picara, skillfully reckless, frighteningly irresistible, ready to go to the edge of the mappable world and beyond.

About the Author

Aritha van Herk was born in central Alberta, and studied at the University of Alberta. She first rose to international literary prominence with the publication of Judith, which received the Seal First Novel Award and which was published in North America, the United Kingdom and Europe. She is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Professor who teaches Canadian Literature and Creative Writing in the Department of English at the University of Calgary.