false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223632364m/1036470.jpg 1036470 6 This first novel begins with an imaginative and ingenious premise: a physician trekking across the Arcturus Glacier in the Canadian Rockies in 1898 slips and tumbles into a crevasse, where he beholds a winged human figure. The rest of the book tells of Dr. Edward Byrne's efforts to get to the bottom of the mystery in the ice. Along the way, he encounters a series of eccentrics, each involved in their own quest: the explorer Freya; the industrialist Trask; the poet Hal; and the slightly mad Elspeth, Byrne's lover. Told through scientific notes, journal entries, letters, and dialogue, this historical tale of the incalculable encountered in the mountains marks a promising debut. 1022813 1 10 1996 Icefields total:66|5:9|4:23|3:21|2:10|1:3| 66 223 100 11 2 1 false false Tue Mar 04 18:39:37 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 18:51:51 -0800 2008
I remember the author came to our classroom and we asked him about some of the 'metaphors' our teacher told us about. He told us that they weren't intended to be metaphors. That's when I realized that writers write and read...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 18 08:58:21 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 04:33:34 -0700 2009
The italics were different peoples poetry or journal entries throughout. They were personalized, raw and didn't always make sense until I read them again. Ordinarily that would frustrate me but in this book it intrigued me...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Mar 27 09:36:55 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 09:39:28 -0700 2008
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