| Island People Contributor(s): Dowell, Coleman (Author) |
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ISBN: 1564780937 ISBN-13: 9781564780935 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96004906 |
| Series: American Literature (Dalkey Archive) |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.53" W x 8.5" (0.97 lbs) 309 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Gay |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this complex novel, a gay man who has fled the violence of the city for an island retreat spends his time keeping a journal and writing stories. He invents a female alter-ego who haunts him, as does the ghost of the murderer who occupied his house in the 19th century; ultimately these hauntings are manifestations of his own psychic disintegration. Considered by many to be Dowell's finest achievement, Island People conveys the fragmentation that results from prolonged isolation. |