Something more obvious, perhaps - a scent or a feeling that screamed stay away. He wasn't sure what he was expecting on this side of the fence. It brings to mind camping trips when he was a kid, waking up outdoors and away from home, the freedom and at the same time the uneasiness. Alex can smell the early damp rising from the earth. The ground beneath them is soft and mossy. "You learn, if you come here often enough. "How could you tell that was the spot?" he asks. The mesh goes hazy for a moment, as if he's too close for his eyes to focus on it. Michio walks forward, and an instant later he's on the other side, looking at Alex through the wire mesh.Īlex does. When they reach it, Michio crouches and creeps along the fence line, then stops.Īlex can't see any break or gap. You can watch the trailer for The Book of Rain now.Īfter a few minutes Alex can see the wire of the fence that borders the Park shining faintly in the dim light. The Book of Rain will be available on March 14, 2023. "I hope I've written an exciting story that will keep readers reading, but also make them see our damaged, wondrous planet with fresh eyes." I wanted to foreground something that most novels ignore in their traditional focus on human society, and that is the absolutely vital interconnectedness of life on Earth," Wharton said. "The novel explores the devastating effects of a strange ore on the inhabitants of a northern Alberta mining town: not only the people but other animals as well. With The Book of Rain, readers familiar with Wharton's earlier books should probably expect the unexpected, he told CBC Books via email. His novel Salamander was shortlisted for the 2001 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction and was also a finalist for the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize the same year. Icefields was a finalist for Canada Reads 2008, when it was defended by Steve MacLean. Wharton has written several books, including his first novel, Icefields , which won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Canada and the Caribbean. Wharton is a Canadian writer and professor in the English department at University of Alberta. When Amery goes on another dangerous trip and doesn't return, her game designer brother, Alex, enlists the help of his mathematician friend Michio to help get her back - and all they need to do is break the laws of physics. The former resident frequently returns to River Meadows to save the animals still living in the contaminated zone.
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