It is 1989 and Naiko is working in the Undeliverable MailOffice, a cavernous space that resembles a giant, congested pawnshop. Immersedin things lost and missing, she searches for clues to match undeliverable mailwith addresses, a job that allows her to achieve a semblance of order in adisorderly world. It is a shock, then, when Naiko s co-worker Andrei, anenigmatic Romanian refugee who has become the unlikely object of Naiko sfascination, suddenly vanishes.As the novel reveals itself in exquisitely wrought layers thatdrift ...
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It is 1989 and Naiko is working in the Undeliverable MailOffice, a cavernous space that resembles a giant, congested pawnshop. Immersedin things lost and missing, she searches for clues to match undeliverable mailwith addresses, a job that allows her to achieve a semblance of order in adisorderly world. It is a shock, then, when Naiko s co-worker Andrei, anenigmatic Romanian refugee who has become the unlikely object of Naiko sfascination, suddenly vanishes.As the novel reveals itself in exquisitely wrought layers thatdrift through time from the Second World War to the fall of communism, Andrei sstory of his past life in communist Romania becomes an opaque reflection ofNaiko s own existence, and objectsfrom the pens hoarded by Naiko s motherin her retirement home to the personal effects of Jewish women that Andrei sgrandmother sorts through at Birkenaubecome touchstones for memories andmeaning, loss and love. A luminous debut novel from a rising talent of the newgeneration of Canadian writers, The Letter Opener is a compelling work ofliterary fiction that glows with truth."
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Fine. The pages are clean and crisp with no bent corners. Pictorial boards are as new, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket is clean, undamaged, and protected by a mylar cover. The book is in excellent condition with an unclipped DJ, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
