Girl at the Window
by Byrna Barclay | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1550502999 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1550502999 Global Overview for this book
2 journalers for this copy...
Whether it's a brush with the bizarre genius of Salvador Dali, the appearance of a look-alike relative from far away, or the arrival of family ghosts come to inhabit the shadowy corners of a nearly spent life, the startling, vivid images conjured in this collection of stories defy closure even when the tales are finished. Canadian author Barclay loosely ties these stories together along the theme of memory. (Dali's portrait The Girl at the Window is analogous to Barclay's assertion that "for dreamers . . . windows are the entrance to the past.") In each of the nine stories, an event from a character's past is slowly drawn into view by his or her present circumstances, revealing how that experience shaped a life. The memory of a brutal rape and torture in Crete cannot be laid to rest with a hero's ashes; the image of a childhood sweetheart carries a man through polio's painful aftermath. These masterful snapshots capture lives in miniature and encourage personal hindsight on the part of the reader.
Journal Entry 2 by fracula at Crowfoot Crossing Bus Stop in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (6/28/2012 UTC) at Crowfoot Crossing Bus Stop in Calgary, Alberta Canada
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