Divisadero >>>> A SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK <<<<

Michael Ondaatje

ISBN 10: 0747589240 / ISBN 13: 9780747589242

Published by Bloomsbury, London, 2007

About this Item

A VG+ UK first edition, first printing hardback (bumping to corners) in a near fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY MICHAEL ONDAATJE - Pictures of the book are available upon request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Divisadero >>>> A SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK <<<<
• Publisher: Bloomsbury, London
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747589240
• ISBN 13: 9780747589242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

It is the 1970s in Northern California. A farmer and his teenage daughters, Anna and Claire, work the land with the help of Coop, the enigmatic young man who lives with them. Theirs is a makeshift family, until they are riven by an incident of violence - of both hand and heart - that 'sets fire to the rest of their lives'. Anna will come to rest in the calming landscape of south-central France. There, she delves into the story of a writer who, decades earlier, lived in the isolated house she now occupies - a story that circles around the 'raw truth' of her own life, the one she's left behind but can never truly leave. And while Anna's story lies at the heart of the novel, the narrative sweeps across the terrain of the lives of Coop and Claire as well, each of them managing to find some foothold in a present rough-hewn from the past. This is a story of possession and loss, about the often discordant demands of family, love, and memory. Written in the sensuous prose for which Michael Ondaatje's fiction is celebrated, Divisadero is the work of a master story-teller.

About the Author

Michael Ondaatje is the author of four previous novels, a memoir, a non-fiction book on film and several books of poetry. His novel The English Patient won the Booker Prize; another of his novels, Anil's Ghost, won the Irish Times International Fiction Prize and the Prix Medicis. Born in Sri Lanka, he now lives in Toronto.