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Saltsea
David Helwig
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Description for Saltsea
Paperback. A lovely, meditative novel, a story about memory, and about how what once was continues to affect what is and what will be. It is the story of a place -- a hotel on the shores of Prince Edward Island, of the family that used to own it, and the people who have been its caretakers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
"Birdsong, wind: here by the ocean every noise was surrounded by silence that reached all the way to the stars. Monica studied the white shingled building above the slope of green lawn, deep bays rising two storeys on each side of the front door and the windowed porch. You felt the big rambling construction must have a memory, old thoughts. Listen, I am the voice of what once was. I am as real as the beating of your hungry heart. A flash of sun blinded her, a pirouette of the dazzling god." So begins David Helwig's Saltsea. A lovely, meditative ... Read more
"Birdsong, wind: here by the ocean every noise was surrounded by silence that reached all the way to the stars. Monica studied the white shingled building above the slope of green lawn, deep bays rising two storeys on each side of the front door and the windowed porch. You felt the big rambling construction must have a memory, old thoughts. Listen, I am the voice of what once was. I am as real as the beating of your hungry heart. A flash of sun blinded her, a pirouette of the dazzling god." So begins David Helwig's Saltsea. A lovely, meditative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Emeryville, Canada
ISBN
9781897231104
SKU
V9781897231104
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About David Helwig
David Helwig: David Helwig is the author of more than 35 books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction including, most recently, The Year One (Gaspereau Press), Duet and his autobiography The Name of Things (Porcupine's Quill). The founder of the Best Canadian Short Story Series, he has edited more than 25 books for Oberon Press. His avocation, however, is not writing ... Read more
Reviews for Saltsea
"The impetus of the story is love, in all its forms
love, lust, affection, friendship, hatred. And it is marvellously told."—The Indextrious Reader "Helwig's writing is both poetic and panoramic, and it defines the setting in such concrete detail that it conjures smells and sounds to accompany the images."—Canadian Literature
love, lust, affection, friendship, hatred. And it is marvellously told."—The Indextrious Reader "Helwig's writing is both poetic and panoramic, and it defines the setting in such concrete detail that it conjures smells and sounds to accompany the images."—Canadian Literature