The Sentimentalists

Informationen zum Autor Johanna Skibsrud is the author of two collections of poetry. The Sentimentalists , her first novel, won the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada's most prestigious literary award. She is also the author of a collection of short stories This Will Be Difficult To Explain . She lives in Tucson, Arizona. Klappentext Haunted by the horrific events he witnessed during the Vietnam War, Napoleon Haskell is exhausted from years spent battling his memories. It is to Casablanca, on the shores of a man-made lake beneath which lie the remains of the former town, that Napoleon's youngest daughter also retreats when her own life comes unhinged. Zusammenfassung Haunted by the horrific events he witnessed during the Vietnam War, Napoleon Haskell is exhausted from years spent battling his memories. It is to Casablanca, on the shores of a man-made lake beneath which lie the remains of the former town, that Napoleon's youngest daughter also retreats when her own life comes unhinged.

Product details

• Authors: Johanna Skibsrud
• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.01.2012
• EAN: 9780099558361
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955836-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Ontario, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Narrative theme: Interior life, Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary