In the title story, a child inhabits her own private realm within a maze of corridors and rooms in a hotel in Brazil; she comes to recognize the truth of what she has heard, even if it is a lion rumbling down the hallway in the night, even if her mother tells her it can't possibly be so. In "The Blue of the Madrugada," the girl grows into a willful young woman, and discovers the complexities of love by the light of blue candles. In "Taken for Delirium," amid the revolving seasons and nature's endless regeneration of the Ontario woods, the woman and her husband cope as their marriage falters. And in "The Still Point," the young wife and mother, in a Mexican landscape mysterious with unexplained occurrences, breaks free of her bonds.
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<b>Merilyn Simonds</b> was born in Winnipeg, and spent her childhood in Brazil. Her previous books include the internationally acclaimed <i>The Lion in the Room Next Door </i>(1999)<i> </i>and <i>The Convict Lover </i>(1996), which was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award and the Arthur Ellis Award. <i>The Convict Lover</i> premiered as a stage play at Toronto’s Theatre Passe Muraille in 1998. <i>The Holding </i>is her first novel.<br><br>Simonds has worked as a freelance writer and a magazine editor, has taught courses in literary non-fiction, and has been a guest lecturer at colleges and universities in the U. S. and Canada. She has won several national awards for her magazine writing.<br><br>She lives outside Kingston, Ontario, with her husband, writer and tr
nding collection of eleven stories chronicles the remarkable journey of one woman’s life from childhood to adulthood, through exotic landscapes, and through the darker, more mysterious terrain of the human heart. The title story inhabits a child’s private realm within the maze of corridors in a Brazilian hotel. Later, a toy gun from a cowgirl costume becomes the symbol of something all too real. In a cramped apartment in Sweden, a young wife finds herself caught in the tensions between her husband and his father. A wife slips the bonds of marriage on a beach in Mexico. In a desert canyon on the island of Kauai, a woman at middle age discovers just how much she is willing to risk. And, in the haunting final story, the death of a parent unlocks the grief of a child’s tragic death years before. Dazzling, evocative, daring, <i>The Lion in the Room Next Door</i> is an exquisitely crafted work of the imagination.
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Librería: The Book Scouts, Hamilton, ON, Canada
HARDCOVER. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. We're always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any book priced at $10 or more, please just ask! Canadian first edition, first printing. Contains number line 1 2 3 4 5. Virtually no wear to jacket. Jacket is in a Mylar cover. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark. Nº de ref. del artículo: sku520010911
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Librería: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. Erik Mohr; Ilustrador. First Edition. 259 pp. Beige boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art by Erik Mohr. This story collection contains: King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West; Nossa Senhora dos Remedios; The Blue of the Madrugada; Navigating the Kattegat; The Distance to Delphi; Taken for Delirium; The Still Point; In the City of the Split Sky; Song of the Japanese White-Eye; The Day of the Dead; and The Lion in the Room Next Door. Size: 8vo. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 227187
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. Erik Mohr; Ilustrador. First Edition. 259 pp. Signed by Merilyn Simonds on the title page. Beige boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. Dj art by Erik Mohr. This story collection contains: The Lion in the Room Next Door; King of trhe Cowboys, Queen of the West; Nossa Senhora dos Remedios; The Blue of the Madrugada; Navigating the Kattegat; The Distance to Delphi; Taken for Delirium; The Still Point; In the City of the Split Sky; Wong of the Japanese White Eye; and The Day of the Dead. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author(s). Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 227188
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Librería: A Good Read, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Librería: A Good Read, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Librería: Old Goat Books, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Librería: Lindenlea Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Librería: Lindenlea Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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