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The Way the Angel Spreads Her Wings
Follows Adam Waters' search--ranging from Puerto Rico to a leper colony in Africa--for the woman he loves, after she mysteriously disappears from his hotel room
296 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1989
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Barry Callaghan
71 books2 followersBarry Morley Joseph Callaghan is a Canadian author, poet and anthologist. He is currently the editor-in-chief of Exile Quarterly. He is the son of late Canadian novelist and short story writer, Morley Callaghan.
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February 20, 2018
Flowers don't try, they just are, whether there's sunlight or rain. p111
Somebody surely must have rained on this books parade, in spite of its pivotal place in the history of a Canadian literature. Ahead of it's time, freewheeling, it's dropped almost out of sight. GR does not even give a description, and the two ratings ( 2 and 4) include no review.
There must be a story here, and it may be connected to the restless leaping about that has the reader scrambling for POV. Somehow, after my initial confusion had sorted itself out. and although it was gradual and never total, I began to grasp the underlying pulse that carried through and drew together the characters despite their ricocheting trajectories. The writing was good enough that I din't mind it when things weren't too clear.
That's what music is, thats what art is...the spaces whats left out.p85
So it's definitely a significant oversight that this book isn't making the rounds of at least those who pass for hipsters today and certainly all those who have discovered the merit of Canadian writing.
The terrible thing is, the world is full of fools who believe what they want to believe and they\ll kill for it. p58
Somebody surely must have rained on this books parade, in spite of its pivotal place in the history of a Canadian literature. Ahead of it's time, freewheeling, it's dropped almost out of sight. GR does not even give a description, and the two ratings ( 2 and 4) include no review.
There must be a story here, and it may be connected to the restless leaping about that has the reader scrambling for POV. Somehow, after my initial confusion had sorted itself out. and although it was gradual and never total, I began to grasp the underlying pulse that carried through and drew together the characters despite their ricocheting trajectories. The writing was good enough that I din't mind it when things weren't too clear.
That's what music is, thats what art is...the spaces whats left out.p85
So it's definitely a significant oversight that this book isn't making the rounds of at least those who pass for hipsters today and certainly all those who have discovered the merit of Canadian writing.
The terrible thing is, the world is full of fools who believe what they want to believe and they\ll kill for it. p58
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