Glaciers : a novel
Smith, Alexis M.2012
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Isabel is a single, twentysomething thrift-store shopper and collector of remnants, things cast off or left behind by others. "Glaciers" follows Isabel through a day in her life in which work with damaged books in the basement of a library, unrequited love for the former soldier who fixes her computer, and dreams of the perfect vintage dress move over a backdrop of deteriorating urban architecture and the imminent loss of the glaciers she knew as a young girl in Alaska. "Glaciers" unfolds internally, the action shaped by Isabel's sense of history, memory, and place, recalling the work of writers such as Jean Rhys, Marguerite Duras, and Virginia Woolf. For Isabel, the fleeting moments of one day can reveal an entire life. While she contemplates loss and the intricate fissures it creates in our lives, she accumulates the stories--the remnants--of those around her and she begins to tell her own story.
Main title:
Glaciers : a novel / Alexis Smith.
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Work:
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Imprint:
Portland, Or. : Tin House Books ; Berkeley, Calif. : Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, 2012.
Collation:
174 p. ; 19 cm.
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Shelving notes:
24582 0000049320 1 24-08-2012 99 nyctro 27-08-2012 7
ISBN:
9781935639206 (pbk)193563920X (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3619.M538
Language:
English
BRN:
97868
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | SMIT | Available |