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Icefields (Original)
Icefields (Original) | Thomas Wharton
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At a quarter past three in the afternoon, on August 17, 1898, Doctor Edward Byrne slipped on the ice of Acturus glacier in the Canadian Rockies and slid into a crevasse... Nearly sixty feet below the surface, Byrne is wedged upside down between the narrowing walls of a chasm, fighting his desire to sleep. The ice in front of him is lit with a pale blue-green radiance. There, embedded in he pure, antediluvian glacier, Byrne sees something that will inextricably link him to the vast bed of ice, and the people who inhabit this strange corner of the world. In this moment, his life becomes a quest to uncover the mystery of the icefield that almost became his tomb. Within the deceptively simple framework of a tourist guidebook, "Icefields" takes a breathtaking, imaginative look at the human spirit, loss, myth, and elusive truths. Here is an impressive literary landscape, and an expedition unlike any you have ever experienced.
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ChaoticMissAdventures
Icefields | Thomas Wharton
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My bookhaul from my trip to Canadian used and indie bookstores!
I am most excited for the tagged about the icefields parkway which I hiked all over during my trip, also one about the history of Queer folks in Canada -Queers Were Here, I have heard fantastic things about Indian Horse, and I picked up Tom Lake for $17cau!?! The States would never (the states only release in hardcover and it is so expensive to get new books here!)

Amiable Awesome haul! 1y
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tournevis
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ER reading review. The book is good. Thomas Mann's ghost hovers over it, as well as James Joyce. It's good, but the book really is about confused White men looking upon the Rockies. The Japanese mountaineer at the end does not count. I'm giving it a pick, but I'm not feeling enthused. I guess I'm passed reading about confused White men.

Clare-Dragonfly Nothing wrong with being over confused white men. 6y
tournevis @Clare-Dragonfly Truly 6y
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tournevis
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ER reading report. The book is still interesting, but it's developping into a story about confused White men looking upon the savage beauty of the Rockies™, only poetically written. Let's finish this. I have time.

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tournevis
Icefields | Thomas Wharton
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1️⃣ Tagged
2️⃣ Either, or. Current read is standalone.
3️⃣ "Il contemple la lumière à travers ses cils, et bientôt ils ne font plus qu'un."
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

wordzie 😎 6y
rachelsbrittain Thanks for joining in 📚 6y
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tournevis
Icefields | Thomas Wharton
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Just started this and at 15%. Cautiously optimistic, because as much as I love The Logogryph (with all that I am), I detested Salamander (aka Jardin de papier). So far, it looks good, but that's what I thought of Salamander at this point too. That's why I'd resisted reading it so long: I was scared it's going to be a bust.🤞

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Andno.86
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Tamra
Icefields (Original) | Thomas Wharton
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There is some beautiful writing in this small novel, but it meandered at a glacial pace.

tournevis Which, knowing Wharton's artistic approach to writing, might have been his intention in the first place. He's like that. 7y
minkyb Meandered at a glacial pace is a lovely phrase. Maybe not for a book but I like it! 7y
Tamra @tournevis I felt like there was a lack of focus for the multiple characters. I might need to read it again. (edited) 7y
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Tamra
Icefields (Original) | Thomas Wharton
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1. My favorite cheery mug & current favorite tea, Gunpowder Special.
2.Rewatch season 2 of Better Call Saul in prep for 3.
3. Tagged Book - not sure yet.
4. Cloudy, but not subzero. 👍🏾
5. Ears pierced

#humpdaypost

MinDea Lovely cup and we are big Better Call Saul fans! 7y
Tamra @MinDea yay!! You know what‘s funny, is I really did not like Saul in Breaking Bad at all, but now, so awesome! 😂 We rewatched Breaking Bad last year and it holds up! (edited) 7y
Lcsmcat Love the photo bombing kitty! 😻 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 Love the mug! And the photo bomb!!! 7y
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Tamra
Icefields (Original) | Thomas Wharton
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Pretty certain lemon curd & glaciers don‘t share any meaningful connection, but they are making for a lovely breakfast this morning. 🍋

tournevis Tell us how you liked this book, please. In the only Wharton I've not read. 7y
Tamra @tournevis The first chapter sucks you right in - frightening! Tell me about his other novels, I‘d never heard of him before. 7y
tournevis @Tamra Well, The Logogryph is my favourite novel ever written, so there's that. It's very dreamlike and about the power of words. I did not like Salamander, but it's a fine historical adventure if you don't care about plot-breaking historical inacuracies. All the others are very well written and constructed. 7y
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Tamra @tournevis oh my, well then I need to get ahold of Logogryph! I briefly glanced at a few titles, does he have a fantasy series? 7y
tournevis @Tamra He does; it's middle grade I think. I've not read those either (I should have been clearer earlier, I rarely read non-adult books) but I do not know how popular they've been. I've seen good reviews about them. 7y
Tamra @tournevis it made me think he‘s primarily a fantasy writer, but maybe not then. I didn‘t realize they were MG. 7y
tournevis @Tamra It's primarily fantasy, but not in a mainstream way, though I don't know about the youth books. 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 I think where I live is a giant ice field right now! Snow and Ice keep coming! I guess I should have believed the groundhog 😂😂🤣 7y
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