- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Cormorant Books Inc (Sep 3 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1897151535
- ISBN-13: 978-1897151532
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #423,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
Product Description
In this collection of twenty-six stories, acclaimed Quebec author Louise Dupr celebrates women who have reached the summer of their lives, with plenty to look back upon and even more to look forward to. In one story, two lovers trapped in a restaurant by a snowstorm call an end to their relationship. In another, a woman buries her father and finds she is unable to grieve for him. At Expo 67, a teenage girl discovers the world and the fellowship of humankind. A quietly desperate academic travels to a conference and unexpectedly finds passion -- perhaps even love. These women are tightrope-walkers, alone and courageous; having crossed so many thresholds, they must now find the strength to defy convention and habit, and take one more leap into the unknown in order to start over. Dark, yet radiant, High-Wire Summer is proof of Louise Dupr's ability to disarm and seduce with the delicate music of her words.
About the Author
Louise Dupr is a poet, writer, critic, and professor. She is the author of eight collections of poetry and several novels, including La memoria, which won the Prix de la Socit des crivains canadiens and the Prix Ringuet de l'Acadmie des lettres du Qubec. She teaches literature and creative writing at the Universit de Qubec in Montreal.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Woman of heart and mind,
By
This review is from: High-Wire Summer (Paperback)
Are they all one woman, the heroine of these stories? Sometimes she's a fresh teen-ager, sometimes she's a grandma. Sometimes she's falling in love, sometimes she's living in the ashes of a burnt-out world. But she's always a person of clear vision and judgement, always an adventurer, always a woman with a touchable heart.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
