The Last Time I Saw Jane

Pullinger, Kate

ISBN 10: 1897580894 / ISBN 13: 9781897580899

Published by Phoenix House, London, 1996

About this Item

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Seller Inventory # 8426

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last Time I Saw Jane
• Publisher: Phoenix House, London
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1897580894
• ISBN 13: 9781897580899
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Thus.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Audrey is a journalist living in London. Anonymous in the city she has left her troubled past far behind in Canada. A passionate affair with Jack, and an intense new friendship with Shereen bring uncertainties and confusion and Audrey finds herself drawn into the dramatic story of James Douglas,19th Century pioneer and the first mixed race Governor of British Columbia. As she digs deeper into his life she is forced to confront her own past, her high school friendship with Jane and the affair they had with a teacher.Spanning two centuries The Last Time I Saw Jane is a powerful novel of love and betrayal, race and sex, and the magnetic pull of the past on the present.Praise for The Last Time I Saw “A thought-provoking and entertaining addition to the genre of exile” Observer“Sensually exquisite” The Times

About the Author

Kate Pullinger was born in Canada and has lived in London since 1982. Her first book, Tiny Lies, a collection of stories, was published in 1988, and was followed by the novels When the Monster Dies and Where Does Kissing End?, as well as, most recently, a new collection of stories, My life as a Girl in a Men's Prison. She has written for film, television and radio, and co-wrote the novel based on the film The Piano with director Jane Campion. Her work has been widely anthologized and translated. Her most recent novel is The Last Time I Saw Jane.