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the author gives us 12 short stories in these 337 (UNillustrated) pages. There seems to be a general nostalgia for the post-war period. There is a certain, often sad, looking back within individual lives at opportunity lost, love squandered, etc. There is a third kind of nostalgia present, that of the Newfoundlander looking at herself (occasionally masculine as well) in terms of an islander's simplicity and the flash and glitter of the `come-from-away'. Four story titles, for flavour, are : `Secret Places', `Folding Bones', `Vain Deceit`, and `Imaginary Doorways'. Read more about : Harry Wu, Marion Fifield, poodle skirts, Big Ears, Logy Bay, Dot Cooper, hidey-holes, Uncle Derm, gumption, Barter's Hill, and Trouter's Special. Cond : Paper wrapper is dark blue. Lettering is buff coloured (and dark blue) . Front cover graphic is a sepia-tone photo of three companions circa 1942. Very light chips at spine foot, remainder mark on top page edge. Cornmers and edges sharp, colours bright, binding tight. French flaps - author photo on BACK one. Publisher has left a curious light crease (affects only aesthetics) in first eight, and last eight, pages. No names, marks, nor tears. EXCELLENT reading copy !! Quote (p. 115) : " . in the same place on the horizon, and the men are still shooting wooden rings across the board in the game she cannot remember the name of. But the woman does not come. Even in this timeless place Nina knows she has been waiting much longer . ." Size: 12mo. Seller Inventory # 004635
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Title: The Topography of Love
Publisher: Breakwater, St. John's
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good ++
Edition: First Edition.
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