Consumption
by Patterson, Kevin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679314377
- ISBN 13
- 9780679314370
- Seller
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About This Item
First Edition. First printing. Signed by author on title page. Signature only, not inscribed- " Consumption is a haunting story of a woman's life marked by struggle and heartbreak, but it is also much more. It stunningly evokes life in the far north, both past and present, and offers a scathing dissection of the effects of consumer life on both the North and South. It does so in an unadorned, elegiac style, moving between times, places, and people in beautiful counterpoint. But it is also a gripping detective story, and features medical reportage of the highest order." In 1962 at the age of ten, Victoria was diagnosed with tuberculosis and must leave her home in the Arctic for a sanatorium in The Pas, Manitoba. Six years will pass before she returns to the north, years she spends learning English and Cree and becoming accustomed to life in the south. When she does move home, the sudden change in lifestyle leads sixteen-year-old Victoria to feel like a stranger in her own family." Minor wear on the DJ.
Synopsis
Kevin Patterson grew up in Manitoba, and put himself through medical school by joining the Canadian army. Now a specialist in internal medicine, he practices in the Arctic and on the coast of British Columbia. His first book, The Water In Between , was a New York Times Notable Book. Country of Cold , his debut short fiction collection, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2003, as well as the inaugural City of Victoria Butler Book Prize. He lives on Saltspring Island, Canada.
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23149
- Title
- Consumption
- Author
- Patterson, Kevin
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679314377
- ISBN 13
- 9780679314370
- Publisher
- Random House Canada
- Place of Publication
- Mississauga, On, Canada
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8 vo
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