Pale Shadows
Dickinson after her death: the story of the trio of women who brought the first collection of Emily Dickinson?s poems out of the shadows Grieving the loss of her sister and alone in a big house, Lavinia goes through Emily?s things and wonders what to do with her sister?s poems. She enlists the help of Susan, Emily?s best friend and brother Austin?s wife, who rouses herself from a deep depression to put the poems into some order to approach a publisher. Lavinia also brings Austin?s mistress, Mabel, into the project for her worldliness and connections. In the wings, there is Millicent, Mabel?s daughter, a little girl like Emily in spirit, wise and strong-willed, and fascinated by things big and small in the world around her. Delicate like lacework with dark threads running through it, Pale Shadows picks up the story of Emily Dickinson where Paper Houses left off, to explore the place of women in history, their creativity, and the enduring power of Dickinson?s poetry.
192 Seiten
Hardcover
Erscheinungsdatum 06.02.2024
ISBN 9781552454688
Dominique Fortier is an editor and translator living in Outremont, Quebec. Her first novel, Du bon usage des étoiles (2008), was nominated for a Governor General's Award and the Prix des Libraires du Québec, and Au péril de la mer won the Governor General's Award for French fiction. She is the author of five books, four of which have been translated into English: On the Proper Use of Stars, Wonder, The Island of Books, and Paper Houses.
Dickinson after her death: the story of the trio of women who brought the first collection of Emily Dickinson’s poems out of the shadows Grieving the loss of her sister and alone in a big house, Lavinia goes through Emily’s things and wonders what to do with her sister’s poems. She enlists the help of Susan, Emily’s best friend and brother Austin’s wife, who rouses herself from a deep depression to put the poems into some order to approach a publisher. Lavinia also brings Austin’s mistress, Mabel, into the project for her worldliness and connections. In the wings, there is Millicent, Mabel’s daughter, a little girl like Emily in spirit, wise and strong-willed, and fascinated by things big and small in the world around her.Delicate like lacework with dark threads running through it, Pale Shadows picks up the story of Emily Dickinson where Paper Houses left off, to explore the place of women in history, their creativity, and the enduring power of Dickinson’s poetry.