The Outlander (True First Edition) - Softcover

Adamson, Gil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887842100 ISBN 13: 9780887842108

Publisher: Anansi, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Adamson, Gil

About this title

About the Author:

Gil Adamson is the author of two books of poetry and a collection of stories, Help Me, Jacques Cousteau. The Outlander is her first novel. She lives with fellow writer Kevin Connolly in Toronto.

From Publishers Weekly:

Starred Review. Set in 1903, Adamson's compelling debut tells the wintry tale of 19-year-old Mary Boulton ([w]idowed by her own hand) and her frantic odyssey across Idaho and Montana. The details of Boulton's sad past—an unhappy marriage, a dead child, crippling depression—slowly emerge as she reluctantly ventures into the mountains, struggling to put distance between herself and her two vicious brothers-in-law, who track her like prey in retaliation for her killing of their kin. Boulton's journey and ultimate liberation—made all the more captivating by the delirium that runs in the recesses of her mind—speaks to the resilience of the female spirit in the early part of the last century. Lean prose, full-bodied characterization, memorable settings and scenes of hardship all lift this book above the pack. Already established as a writer of poetry (Ashland) and short stories (Help Me, Jacques Cousteau), Adamson also shines as novelist. (Apr.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Anansi
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0887842100
• ISBN 13: 9780887842108
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 387