October

Informationen zum Autor Richard B. Wright is the author of nine novels! including The Age of Longing! In the Middle of a Life! and Weekend Man. He lives with his wife in Saint Catharines! Ontario. Zusammenfassung Published to rave reviews! with weeks on the bestseller lists and a place as a Globe and Mail Book of the Year! October is an extraordinary meditation on mortality and memory! from Governor General's Award-winning author Richard B. Wright.     Visiting his gravely ill daughter! James Hillyer encounters by chance Gabriel Fontaine! whom he met as a boy while on holiday in Gaspé. At the time! the boys had competed for the love of a French-Canadian girl from the village. Now! over six decades later and faced with the terrible possibility of outliving his own daughter! James is asked by Gabriel to accompany him on a final! unthinkable journey.     With superb storytelling! spare writing and characters who feel as real and familiar as old friends! Richard B. Wright weaves a haunting classic of a man searching for answers in the autumn of his life.

Product details

• Authors: Richard B Wright, Richard B. Wright
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2008
• EAN: 9780002006903
• ISBN: 978-0-00-200690-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: FICTION: Literary, 2007;2008;2009