Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, Surfacing is the story of a young woman who returns to northern Quebec, to the remote island of her childhood, with her lover and two friends, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father. Flooded with memories, she begins to realize that going home means entering not only another place, but another time. As the wild island exerts its elemental hold and she is submerged in the language of the wilderness, she discovers that what she is really searching for is ...
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Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, Surfacing is the story of a young woman who returns to northern Quebec, to the remote island of her childhood, with her lover and two friends, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father. Flooded with memories, she begins to realize that going home means entering not only another place, but another time. As the wild island exerts its elemental hold and she is submerged in the language of the wilderness, she discovers that what she is really searching for is her own past. Permeated with an aura of suspense, complex with layered meanings, and written in brilliant, diamond-sharp prose, Surfacing has grown in reputation as a novel unique in modern literature for its mythic exploration of one woman's spiritual pilgrimage.
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Add this copy of Surfacing to cart. $25.00, like new condition, Sold by Scene of the Crime Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Niagara Falls, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by McClelland & Stewart.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Price clipped. First edition second printing of the second full length novel by this author. Light shelf wear. Earlier owners name plate on the first free end page. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / near fine condition.... Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of Surfacing to cart. $65.71, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by McClelland & Stewart.
Add this copy of Surfacing to cart. $104.53, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2071 by McClelland & Stewart.
Add this copy of Surfacing to cart. $275.00, very good condition, Sold by Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fernandina Beach, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by McClelland & Stewart.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed by Atwood on the half-title page following the copyright page. Color photograph of Atwood signing the book laid-in. Spine ends lightly bumped, tiny scuff and pencilled price erasure on front free endpage; dustjacket with slight shelfwear and three interior topedge tape reinforcements (not apparent on the outside). Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Atwood's second novel and a complement to her poetry collection Power Politics published in 1971.
