The Douglas Notebooks - A Fable (Paperback, English ed.)

An Amazon.ca Best Book of 2013Romain was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. At 18, he leaves his family for a home in the forest, learning to live off the land rather than his family's wealth. elena flees a house of blood and mayhem, taking refuge in a monastery and later in the rustic village of Riviere-aux-Oies. One day, while walking in the woods, elena hears the melody of a clarinet and comes across Romain, who calls himself Starling and whom elena later renames Douglas, for the strongest and most spectacular of trees. Later a child named Rose is born. Fade to black. When the story takes up again, Douglas has returned to the forest, Rose is in the village under the care of others, and elena is gone. From these disparate threads, Christine Eddie tenderly weaves a fable for our time and for all times. As the years pass, the story broadens to capture others in its elegant web -- a doctor with a bruised heart, a pharmacist who may be a witch, and a teacher with dark secrets. Together they raise this child with the mysterious heritage, transforming this story into an ode to friendship and family, a sonnet on our relationship with nature, and an elegy to love and passion. The Douglas Notebooks was originally published in French as Les carnets de Douglas. This edition was translated by Sheila Fischman.

General

Imprint:	Goose Lane Editions
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	February 2013
First published:	March 2013
Authors:	Christine Eddie
Translators:	Sheila Fischman
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	180
Edition:	English ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-86492-619-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-86492-619-7
Barcode:	9780864926197

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