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Soon Ann refuses to let the controlled but vulnerable Evelyn ignore the powerful emotions that begin to unleash inside her...
Immortalized for a whole new generation by the film Desert Hearts, Jane Rule's classic DESERT OF THE HEART is arguably her finest novel. Joyce Carol Oates called it an intelligent and utterly believable novel. Told with all the wit and skill of this fine novelist, the book stands as a classic of lesbian literature.
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Jane Rule
Jane Rule was born in New Jersey in 1931 and came to Canada in 1956, where she later taught at the University of B.C. Her first novel, "Desert of the Heart" (1991), was made into a movie in the 1980s. Rule emerged as one of the most respected writers in Canada with her many novels, essays and collections of short stories including "Theme for Diverse Instruments" (1975). Rule passed away in 2007.
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Jane Rule was born in New Jersey in 1931 and came to Canada in 1956, where she later taught at the University of B.C. Her first novel, "Desert of the Heart" (1991), was made into a movie in the 1980s. Rule emerged as one of the most respected writers in Canada with her many novels, essays and collections of short stories including "Theme for Diverse Instruments" (1975). Rule passed away in 2007.
"An intelligent and utterly believable novel."
"Cool, clear-eyed, compassionate and unsentimental."
-- "Globe & Mail"
"An intelligent and utterly believable novel."
-- "Joyce Carol Oates"
"Cool, clear-eyed, compassionate and unsentimental."
-- "Globe & Mail"
"An intelligent and utterly believable novel."
-- "Joyce Carol Oates"
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- PublisherAyer Co Pub
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 0405073860
- ISBN 13 9780405073861
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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