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A Map of Glass
A Map of Glass
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Published:
7 November, 2005
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Jerome is a young earth-artist spending a few months on an island in Lake Ontario. His idyll is shattered when he stumbles across a man frozen in the ice near the shore. A year later, Sylvia, a middle aged woman, shows up at his studio in Toronto. She was the lover of the dead man. Andrew's ice-encased body has haunted Jerome's dreams; Sylvia has never recovered from losing the only man she has ever loved. And now before she forgets, before the past slips irretrievably through her fingers, Sylvia wants to recount her story to the stranger who found Andrew. It is a story that stretches long and wide, beginning with Sylvia's childhood and mysterious illness; her barren marriage to a doctor obsessed by the illness and then her chance encounter with the historical geographer Andrew Woodman: their shared passion for the land and its history, the beginnings of desire, the stories he tells her of his ancestors. In the end, his own tragic illness is revealed, an illness that finally separates them. Tender, elegiac and beautifully written, "Map of Glass" is a deeply romantic and moving novel about the fragility of love and memory, and the redemptive power of stories.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780747581499 |
| ISBN10 | 0747581495 |
| Number Of Pages | 384 |
| Item Weight | 579 g |
| Product Dimensions | 154 x 30 x 230 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format | paperback |
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Media Reviews
'Urquhart is the most lyrical of writers, handling exuberance and meditation with equal grace.' Sunday Times on The Stone Carvers 'A masterpiece.' Mail on Sunday on The Stone Carvers 'Brave, intelligent and vivid.' Julie Blackburn on The Underpainter 'A great romantic tale ... with language worthy of Emily Bronte and Thomas Hardy.' Timothy Findley on Away
Author's Bio
Jane Urquhart is the author of five previous novels including Changing Heaven, Away (shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award) and The Stone Carvers (longlisted for the Booker Prize). She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2005. Jane Urquhart lives in Ontario, Canada.