ISBN: 9780472031221 - a century of november: a novel (michigan literary fiction awards) (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The tale of Charles Marden, an apple grower and judge who sets off from his Vancouver Island home on an impulsive journey to Belgium, where his son has died in battle. Marden's mission is to find the exact spot where his son was killed. This is a story of the power of death, the pain of loss, and the possibility of hope in a time of war.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 176 pages. some wear, bubbling to cover filmWinner of the 2004 Michigan Literary Fiction Award for novel A haunting story of the power of death, the pain of loss, and the possibility of hope. Gripping, damning, and transfixing. ---Entertainment Weekly . . . possesses a time-bending gravity. . . . [A] small classic of gra ceful language and earned emotion. ---San Francisco Chronicle . . . a beautifully written novel of war and the wrenching grief and unanswe rable questions it leaves in its wake. . . . A Century of November is ful l of precise, startling imagery and elegant, richly poetic description---Wethere ll seems genuinely incapable of writing a lazy sentence---and this last section of the novel is as surreal, hypnotic and harrowing as any literature in recent m emory. The whole thing, in fact, is a jewel, an unforgettable historical novel t hat Wetherell has carefully (and artfully) seeded with loads of contemporary res onance. ---Star-Tribune (Minneapolis) A poignant, probing stor y. . . . Wetherell's prose and character writing are unflinching . . . [and his] take on a parent's anguish is deeply moving. ---Publishers Weekly A timely reminder of the devastation of mortal combat. . . . ---Atlanta Journal-Constitution.…