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Days by Moonlight.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexis, André.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Botanists--Travel--Canada--Fiction.
- Botanists.
- Male friendship--Fiction.
- Male friendship.
- Quests (Expeditions)--Fiction.
- Quests (Expeditions).
- Ontario--Fiction.
- Ontario.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource [218 pages : illustrations]
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Coach House Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- Gulliver's Travels meets The Underground Railroad: a road trip through the countryside – and the psyche – by the author of Fifteen Dogs. Longlisted for the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize Botanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited on a road trip by his parents'friend, Professor Morgan Bruno, who wants company as he tries to unearth the story of the mysterious poet John Skennen. But this is no ordinary road trip. Alfred and the Professor encounter towns where Black residents speak only in sign language and towns that hold Indigenous Parades; it is a land of house burnings, werewolves, and witches. Complete with Alfred's drawings of plants both real and implausible, Days by Moonlight is a Dantesque journey taken during the “hour of the wolf,” that time of day when the sun is setting and the traveller can't tell the difference between dog and wolf. And it asks that perpetual question: how do we know the things we know are real, and what is real anyway? “A mash-up that is part fabulism, part faux biography, and part satire, Days by Moonlight conveys the experience of grief, managing to transform its inarticulable and symbolic weight into a finely wrought literary work.” —Quill and Quire.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- 1 To East Gwillimbury
- 2 The Cities of The Plain: Nobleton and Coulson's Hill
- 3 Three Hamlets: Schomberg, New Tecumseth, Marsville
- 4 A Vision in Feversham
- 5 Dawn Approaches: Barrow, Toronto
- A Note On The Text
- About The Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781770565791
- 1770565795
- 9781000579741
- 1000579743
- 9781003214274
- 1003214274
- OCLC:
- 1376933478
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