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edition:Audiobook (cassette)
category: Fiction
published: Apr 1998
ISBN:9780864922380
publisher:
Goose Lane Editions
imprint:
BTC Audiobooks
Description
On August 17, 1899, a British doctor nearly dies while exploring the Arcturus glacier near Jasper, Alberta. In his best-selling novel, Thomas Wharton recreates Dr. Edward Byrne's story. Obsessed with the icefields, Bryne gives up his London practice, settles on the edge of the glacier, and watches Jasper change from a place of myth into a tourist town.
About the Authors
Thomas Wharton is an author and creative writing instructor at the University of Alberta. His first novel, Icefields (1995), won the Writers Guild of Alberta Best First Book Award, the Banff Book Festival Grand Prize and the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for Best First Book in the Canada/Caribbean division. His second novel, Salamander (2001), was shortlisted for the Governor-General's Literary Award and for the Roger’s Fiction Prize. His latest book, The Logogryph (GP, 2004), was shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award. Thomas Wharton lives in Edmonton with his wife and three children. He is currently at work on a new novel.
Edmontonian James MacDonald is a director and actor, who has appeared on stages throughout Alberta and on several television series, including Jake and the Kid.
