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Sointula
by Gaston, Bill
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1551927195
- ISBN 13
- 9781551927190
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Vancouver BC: Raincoast Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1551927195 . Only slight wear.; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1.5 x 8.5 x 5.9 Inches; 380 pages; Summoned to the deathbed of a long-ago lover, Evelyn is overcome by emotion. Off her medications, she impulsively steals a kayak and embarks on a quest that takes her deep into the Canadian wilderness in order to find her lost son, Tom. On the way to Sointula, a remote fishing village off Vancouver Island, she gains a traveling companion, Peter Gore, a writer working on the quintessential book on the region. Stymied by illness, writer's block, and whiskey, Peter makes an unlikely and unreliable shipmate and paramour. Tom, the survivor of a gunshot wound that slowed his speech and his drug-dealing, finds solace in his isolated life, collecting data for a whale researcher. As Evelyn and Peter approach, Tom waits for the whales' irregular visits to the water's edge. Like the novels of David Malouf and Jonathan Raban, Sointula is a celebration of place, a novel where the landscape comes as fully alive as its memorable characters. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14407
- Title
- Sointula
- Author
- Gaston, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1551927195
- ISBN 13
- 9781551927190
- Publisher
- Raincoast Books
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver BC
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- 1551927195, sointula
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Canadian;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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