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Drowning in Darkness
by Peter Oliva
Novel
Trade Paper
ISBN: 0896951201
$21.95
Drowning in Darkness
by Peter Oliva
Set in a coal-mining community in southern Alberta's Crowsnest Pass, this novel evokes elements of the fantastic which exist in the land itself, particularly in the gassy, bituminous coal-mines found in the Pass. While one might expect a mine's roof to fall, it is in fact the floor that continually heaves up under a miner's boots. the methane that seeps from the rock and circulates throughout a coal-mine creates this magic, able to soften coal or induce sleep and incite dreams. The mine's gas-marbled darkness and a story about a woman from southern Italy longing to escape the Pass bring about a fantastic/mythological suggestion that washes the reader of her tale right back to its beginning.
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| Review: |
| "An
extraordinary discovery! A wise and rewarding book!" — Alberto Manguel "Trapped within a coal mine in the Crowsnest Pass, an Italian immigrant dreams the story of a woman who becomes her own dream, a powerful Bagnarota. Drowning in Darkness explores the lifeline of all potential stories in its ghostly telling and listening. Trapped within story within darkness within a mine within a mountain, this novel outstrips its own space and design. Full of tremendous power, Drowning in Darkness submerges the reader in the magical interruptions of darkness and disappeareance." — Aritha Van Herk |
