Book
The winter vault / Anne Michaels.
Summary:
"In 1964, a newly married Canadian couple settle into a houseboat on the Nile just below Abu Simbel. At the time of the building of the Aswam dam, Avery Escher is one of the engineers responsible for the dismantling and reconstruction of a sacred temple, a 'machine-worshipper' who is nonetheless sensitive to their destructive power. Jean is a botanist by avocation, passionately interested in everything that grows. They met on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, witnessing the construction of the Seaway as it swallowed towns, homes, and lives. Now, at the edge of another world about to be inundated in the name of progress, much of what they most believe in is tested. When a tragic event occurs, nearing the end of Avery’s time in Egypt, he and Jean return to separate lives in Toronto; Avery to school to study architecture and Jean into the orbit of Lucjan, a Polish émigré artist whose haunting tales of occupied Warsaw pull her further from her husband, while offering her the chance to assume her most essential life."--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0307455769
- ISBN: 9780771058905 (hc.)
- ISBN: 9780307270825
- ISBN: 9780771059094 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 077105890X
- Physical Description: 341 p. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c2009.
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- Married people > Fiction.
Engineering > Social aspects > Fiction.
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Husband and wife > Fiction.
Aswan High Dam (Egypt) > Fiction.
Toronto (Ont.) > Fiction. - Genre:
- Canadian fiction.
Love stories.
Historical fiction.
Available copies
- 12 of 14 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Valemount Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 14 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Valemount Public Library | f mic (Text) | 35194014121016 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Beaver Valley Public Library | F MIC (Text) | 35144000014980 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F MIC (Text) | DCL122742 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC MIC (Text) | 35136000128570 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. James Public Library | MIC (Text) | 35196000191853 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Gibsons Public Library | FIC MICH (Text) | 30886000483210 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-24 |
| Gold Bridge Branch | GEN MIC (Text) | 35180100066231 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Houston Public Library | F MIC (Text) | 35150001657313 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Pouce Coupe Public Library | F MIC (Text) | 35333000225882 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | Mich (Text) | 33294001666114 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |