Atonement Contributor(s): Soucy, Gaetan (Author), Fischman, Sheila (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0887847803 ISBN-13: 9780887847806 Publisher: House of Anansi Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Twenty years after being chased out of his tiny village, Louis Bapaume returns to Saint-Aldor to make amends. Over the course of one bright winter solstice, Bapaume confronts old neighbors and villagers and encounters haunting figures he can't quite recognize. But there's only one person he seeks: the twin girl he taught to read music and to whom he wishes to atone. In this intricate, disquieting novel, the line between reality and dreams shifts in the swirling storm of one man's conscience. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.29" H x 5.38" W x 8.02" (0.29 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Seasonal - Winter |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Twenty years after being chased out of his tiny village, Louis Bapaume returns to Saint-Aldor to make amends. Over the course of one bright winter solstice, Bapaume confronts old neighbors and villagers and encounters haunting figures he can't quite recognize. But there s only one person he seeks: the twin girl he taught to read music and to whom he wishes to atone. In this intricate, disquieting novel, the line between reality and dreams shifts in the swirling storm of one man s conscience." |