A true masterwork of haunting and spectacu lar vision from one of America's greatest writers\, Canada is a profound n ovel of boundaries traversed\, innocence lost and reconciled\, and the mys terious and consoling bonds of family. Told in spare\, elegant prose\, bot h resonant and luminous\, it is destined to become a modern classic. \ ;
\nWhen fifteen-year-old Dell Parsons' parents rob a bank\, his sen se of normal life is forever altered. In an instant\, this private catacly sm drives his life into before and after\, a threshold that can never be u ncrossed.
\nHis parents' arrest and imprisonment mean a threatening and uncertain future for Dell and his twin sister\, Berner. Willful and bu rning with resentment\, Berner flees their home in Montana\, abandoning he r brother and her life. But Dell is not completely alone. A family friend intervenes\, spiriting him across the Canadian border\, in hopes of delive ring him to a better life. There\, afloat on the prairie of Saskatchewan\, Dell is taken in by Arthur Remlinger\, an enigmatic and charismatic Ameri can whose cool reserve masks a dark and violent nature.
\nUndone by the calamity of his parents' robbery and arrest\, Dell struggles under the vast prairie sky to remake himself and define the adults he thought he on ce knew. But his search for grace and peace only moves him nearer to a har rowing and murderous collision with Remlinger\, an elemental force of dark ness.
\nThe Burke Book Club meets on the third Wednesday of each mon th from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Burke Branch Library. Please note that w e are meeting on the fourth Tuesday this month. All are welcome. For more information\, call Caroline Pak at 703-746-1772 or email cpak@alexlibraryv a.org.
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