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Book Synopsis A Certain Mr. Takahashi by : Ann Ireland
Download or read book A Certain Mr. Takahashi written by Ann Ireland and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Mrs. Hopper, Yoshi Takahashi may be just another name from her daughters' past, but for Jean and her sister, Colette, he stands for much more. Years ago, Mr. Takahashi moved into their Toronto neighbourhood and sent the adolescent lives of Jean and Colette into a tailspin. They weren't content merely to befriend the Japanese pianist - in their infatuation they sought to mirror his life as closely as possible. The enchantment lingers into adult life in ways both sisters are reluctant to recognize. This weekend they have been invited to an extravagant family celebration in Victoria, B.C. As the party gains momentum, so does the tension between the sisters. As before, the larger-than-life Mr. Takahashi casts his spell. Originally published in 1985, A Certain Mr. Takahashi won the coveted Seal First Novel Award and the Books in Canada/W.H. Smith First Novel Award.
Book Synopsis A Certain Mr. Takahashi by : Ann Ireland
Download or read book A Certain Mr. Takahashi written by Ann Ireland and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1985 Seal Books First Novel Award and of the Books in Canada First Novel Award To Mrs. Hopper, Yoshi Takahashi may be just another name from her daughters’ past, but for Jean and her sister, Colette, he stands for much more. Years ago, Mr. Takahashi moved into their Toronto neighbourhood and sent the adolescent lives of Jean and Colette into a tailspin. They weren’t content merely to befriend the Japanese pianist - in their infatuation they sought to mirror his life as closely as possible. The enchantment lingers into adult life in ways both sisters are reluctant to recognize. This weekend they have been invited to an extravagant family celebration in Victoria, B.C. As the party gains momentum, so does the tension between the sisters. As before, the larger-than-life Mr. Takahashi casts his spell. Originally published in 1985, A Certain Mr. Takahashi won the coveted Seal First Novel Award and the Books in Canada/W.H. Smith First Novel Award.
Book Synopsis A Certain Mr. Takahashi by : Ann Ireland
Download or read book A Certain Mr. Takahashi written by Ann Ireland and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 1985 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ann Ireland Library by : Ann Ireland
Download or read book The Ann Ireland Library written by Ann Ireland and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special 3-book bundle collects three masterful novel by one of Canada’s finest writers of literary fiction. A Certain Mr. Takahashi: To Mrs. Hopper, Yoshi Takahashi may be just another name from her daughters’ past, but for Jean and her sister, Colette, he stands for much more. Years ago, Mr. Takahashi moved into their Toronto neighbourhood and sent the adolescent lives of Jean and Colette into a tailspin. They weren’t content merely to befriend the Japanese pianist - in their infatuation they sought to mirror his life as closely as possible. The enchantment lingers into adult life in ways both sisters are reluctant to recognize. This weekend they have been invited to an extravagant family celebration in Victoria, B.C. As the party gains momentum, so does the tension between the sisters. As before, the larger-than-life Mr. Takahashi casts his spell. Exile: Rescued from the dangers he faces in a Latin American military dictatorship, writer Carlos Romero Estevez is given a new life in Vancouver. His rescuers, a benevolent group devoted to aiding oppressed writers, believe they’ve found a poster-boy. Carlos thinks he’s found a new life, new freedom, and new, powerful friends. But soon everyone’s illusions are dispelled, and Carlos finds life in exile to be a new kind of prison. The Blue Guitar: At the International Classical Guitar Competition in Montreal, top-flight musicians fly in from all over the world to compete in a gruelling week. A career can be made or lost here, and the slightest mishap - a lapse of memory, a shaking right hand, a broken fingernail - can ruin years of preparation. Judges and contestants alike battle and scheme to achieve what they most desire here. There is much more than pretty music being performed on this stage. The Instructor: Simone Paris is nineteen when she leaves a small town bound for Mexico with her art instructor, Otto Guest. Their affair is loaded with desire, not only physical but intellectual. Theirs is a mutual addiction made up of philosophy and shared aesthetic interest, entwined with sexual fascination. Six years after their relationship crumbles, Otto returns to Simone. His reappearance triggers vivid memories which she expresses in a voice matured by experience and regret. Includes The Blue Guitar A Certain Mr. Takahashi Exile The Instructor
Book Synopsis Mr Takahashi and Other Falling Secrets by : Sandra Thibodeaux
Download or read book Mr Takahashi and Other Falling Secrets written by Sandra Thibodeaux and published by . This book was released on 2017-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darwin, 1942. A town collapses under the threat of invasion. Mothers and daughters, sisters, friends, and entire cultures are torn apart by the secrets that start to fall. Is Mr Takahashi to blame? Japan unleashes a wave of attacks on Northern Australia, and Darwin is hit with more bombs than Pearl Harbour. Mr Takahashi turns the lens upon ordinary people caught in the storm that was World War II. It tells the stories of Darwins multicultural and Indigenous women whose lives were forever changed by the bombings of February 19. Somethings wrong the air is shifting. Its waiting .. Waiting for the tardy storms. You could cut the humidity with the sword of a Samurai. Where is the Imperial Army? Closer
Download or read book The Instructor written by Ann Ireland and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-07-20 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1996 Ontario Trillium Literary Award — Shortlisted 1996 Discover These Great New Writers, Barnes and Noble Award — Shortlisted What begins as a young woman’s infatuation soon escalates into a piercing study in power, obsession, and the disparity between art and reality. In this elegant novel of passion and art, award-winning Ann Ireland extends the boundaries of the traditional love story. The Instructor probes the nature of power shifts between man and woman, teacher and student. It is a story of needs that become twisted into obsession. Simone Paris is nineteen when she leaves a small town bound for Mexico with her art instructor, Otto Guest. Their affair is loaded with desire, not only physical but intellectual. Theirs is a mutual addiction made up of philosophy and shared aesthetic interest, entwined with sexual fascination. Six years after their relationship crumbles, Otto returns to Simone. His reappearance triggers vivid memories which she expresses in a voice matured by experience and regret.
Download or read book The Blue Guitar written by Ann Ireland and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-01-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nerves crunch at the international classical guitar competition in Montreal. There is more than pretty music being performed on this stage. At the International Classical Guitar Competition in Montreal, top-flight musicians fly in from all over the world to compete in a gruelling week. A career can be made or lost here, and the slightest mishap - a lapse of memory, a shaking right hand, a broken fingernail - can ruin years of preparation. More than a decade ago Toby made the finals in a similar competition but suffered a breakdown and is only now venturing back into the fray. Middle-aged Lucy is tired of playing bar mitzvahs and weddings and is determined to perform the recital of her life. Trace is a kayaking teenager from the West Coast who seems careless in her talent. Judges and contestants alike battle and scheme to achieve what they most desire here. There is much more than pretty music being performed on this stage.
Book Synopsis Annual Reunion by : New England Society of St. Louis
Download or read book Annual Reunion written by New England Society of St. Louis and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Exile written by Ann Ireland and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short-listed for the 2002 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and the 2002 Roger Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Rescued from the dangers he faces in a Latin American military dictatorship, writer Carlos Romero Estevez is given a new life in Vancouver. His rescuers, a benevolent group devoted to aiding oppressed writers, believe they've found a poster-boy. Carlos thinks he's found a new life, new freedom, and new, powerful friends. But soon everyone's illusions are dispelled, and Carlos finds life in exile to be a new kind of prison. Now available in trade paperback format for the first time, Exile is the work of an author in full control of her considerable talents. Award-winning author Ann Ireland is the author of two previous novels: A Certain Mr. Takahashi (1985 - now available from The Dundurn Group), and The Instructor (1996). She teaches at Ryerson University, and is a past-president of PEN Canada.
Book Synopsis In Search of Robinson Crusoe by : Daisuke Takahashi
Download or read book In Search of Robinson Crusoe written by Daisuke Takahashi and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to discover the actual man and the true adventures behind the life of Alexander Selkirk, the real-life Robinson Crusoe.
Download or read book The Blue Guitar written by Ann Ireland and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-01-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nerves crunch at the international classical guitar competition in Montreal where musicians fly in from all over the world to compete in a gruelling week. A career can be made or lost, and the slightest mishap - a lapse of memory, a shaking right hand - can ruin years of preparation. There is more than pretty music being performed on this stage.
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Download or read book Where's Bob? written by Ann Ireland and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Elmore Leonard: the clash between naïve tourists on Mexican resorts, the deadly drug cartels who run them, and the middlemen brokering deals of all kinds.
