The Whirlpool-[SIGNED CANADIAN 1ST/1ST]
by Jane Urquhart
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- as new
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0771086555
- ISBN 13
- 9780771086557
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About This Item
McClelland & Stewart, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Thus- part of the M & S Signature Series. The Author's first novel. This soft cover edition - thus no dust jacket - was followed in 1990 with the hard cover version. SIGNED - NOT INSCRIBED - BY JANE URQUHART ON THE TITLE PAGE. A tight, clean copy with no markings of any kind. Signed by Author-Written in luminous prose, The Whirlpool is a haunting tale set in Niagara Falls, Ontario, in the summer of 1889. This is the season of reckless river stunts, a time when the undertaker's widow is busy with funerals, her days shadowed by her young son's curious silence. Across the street in Kick's Hotel, where Fleda and her husband, David McDougal, have temporary rooms, Fleda dreams of the place above the whirlpool where she first encountered the poet, a man who enters her life and, unwittingly, changes everything. As the summer progresses, the lives of these characters become entangled, and darker, more sinister currents gain momentum. The Whirlpool, Jane Urquhart's first novel, received Le prix du meilleur livre étranger (Best Foreign Book Award) in France and marked the brilliant debut of a major voice in Canadian fiction.
Synopsis
Jane Urquhart is the author of five internationally acclaimed novels, including The Stone Carvers, a finalist for the 2001 Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award. She is also the author of a collection of short fiction and three books of poetry. Lynn Coady is the author of the novel Strange Heaven and a collection of short stories, Play the Monster Blind.
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Whirlpool-[SIGNED CANADIAN 1ST/1ST]
- Author
- Jane Urquhart
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0771086555
- ISBN 13
- 9780771086557
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 237
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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