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A family is haunted by suffering, loss and pain in this poetic novel about the violence of patriarchy and possibilities of resistance in the lower townships of Anglo-Québec.Roses De'ath lives and works at the grungy local hotel in De'ath Sound, a town named for her mother -- a continually hovering presence who has recently checked herself out of a sanitarium and is suffering a gradual loss of memory. The other inhabitants of De'ath Sound include August, Roses' stepfather and sometime lover; Loralie, the local prostitute, whose existence in this place is a failure to exist in any other place; Bat, a young man drawn into the incestuous loop of Roses' family; and Roses' biological father, the old man Potter -- outcast because of his scaly bird leg.Driven to the unnerving reaches of language, informed by the fluidity of time and caprices of memory, rather than a linear plot, this rich novel exists at the intersection of the body, language and self. Anne Stone has created a wrenching portrait of the murky vision and dulled sense that is the price paid for secrets and deceptions, and the exhausting effort of burying tremendous pain throughout generations.
| ISBN-13 | 9781895837582 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1895837588 |
| Weight | 0.52 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 0.38 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $14.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 150 pages |
| Publisher | Idiomatic |
| Published On | 1999-09-25 |
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