内容简介
In"TheWinterVault,"award-winningpoetandnovelistAnneMichaelscraftsalovestoryofextraordinarydepthandcomplexity,juxtaposinghistoricdislocationswiththemostintimatemomentsofindividuallives.In1964,anewlymarriedCanadiancouplesettlesintoaNileRiverhouseboatmooredbelowthetoweringfiguresofAbuSimbel.AveryisoneoftheengineersresponsibleformovingthetempleabovetherapidlyrisingwatersoftheAswanDam.Attheedgeofaworldabouttobelostforever,AveryandandhisnewwifeJeanbegintocreatetheirownworld.ButitwillnotbeenoughtobindthemwhentragedystrikesandtheygobacktoseparatelivesinToronto.ThereJeanmeetsLucjan,aPolishartistwhosehauntingstoriesofhisshatteredchildhoodinoccupiedWarsawdrawherfurtherawayfromAvery.But,intime,hewillalsoshowherthewaybacktoconsolationandforgiveness.
作者简介
AnneMichaels’sfirstnovelwastheinternationalbestsellerFugitivePieces,nowamajormotionpicture.Itwonseveralawards,includingtheLannanLiteraryAwardforFiction,theChapters/BooksinCanadaFirstNovelAward,theGuardianFictionAward,andtheOrangePrizeforFiction.Michaelsisalsotheauthorofthreehighlyacclaimedpoetrycollections.ShelivesinToronto.,,