This is the story of Isobel and Emile. They wake up beside each
other one morning, and they slowly get out of bed. It is the last
time that they will sleep together. They know it. They do not want
it to be the last time but they know that it is. They get out of
bed and they go to a train station. Emile gets onto a train. Isobel
does not. She stands on the platform and she watches him go. He is
going to the city, where he will be an artist. He will make
puppets, and films of puppets, that struggle to say something he
does not have the words for. She will stay in the small town, in
the small room where they lived. She will work at a small grocery
store and write letters to Emile while she works up the courage to
do something more. Told in a stark, minimalist voice, Isobel and
Emile is the hypnotizing story of two lovers without each other. It
is a story of struggling with loss and a loneliness that threatens
to consume them. It is about staying true to what they hold dear,
no matter that it is hopeless and that nothing will ever come of
it, because sometimes that is all that is left. And sometimes, it
is enough.
General
Imprint: |
Coach House Books
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
May 2010 |
First published: |
April 2010 |
Authors: |
Alan Reed
|
Dimensions: |
190 x 127 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
160 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-55245-227-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
LSN: |
1-55245-227-1 |
Barcode: |
9781552452271 |
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