The QuestionBy the Giller Prize-winning author of "The Polished Hoe A finalist for the Governor General's Award When a man and a woman meet on a summer day, they begin a conversation that will change both their lives. As their words weave a web of intimacy, the man finds himself drawn into recollections of his childhood on an island in the Caribbean, and to reflections on his life in Toronto. But who is she, this woman he meets at a party? What is behind her dark secrets? What can anyone know about another - really? As their relationship hurtles forward, he gradually finds himself part of a strange triangle of affections, until events escalate, leading to the novel's dramatic final scenes. "The Question is a brilliant, devastating foray into the mysterious and highly charged realm of relationships and colliding cultures. |
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Page 107
... floor , mark out the frolicking , fun - loving nature of the dog who roams throughout the apartment like an uncaged little beast in our absence . The dots and smeared dashes , like exclamation marks , some- times , like Morse code ...
... floor , mark out the frolicking , fun - loving nature of the dog who roams throughout the apartment like an uncaged little beast in our absence . The dots and smeared dashes , like exclamation marks , some- times , like Morse code ...
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... floor , eventually . For we had gone back down to the lobby three times before anyone remembered to press the button marked 8 . I remember the man on our left opened his door , looked the wrong way , and then looked to his right , and ...
... floor , eventually . For we had gone back down to the lobby three times before anyone remembered to press the button marked 8 . I remember the man on our left opened his door , looked the wrong way , and then looked to his right , and ...
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... floor in the living room , with the homemade designer popcorn between them in a large yellow plastic bowl she used for making dough for banana cake and bread . Their words were making me relax , and were lulling me into and out of the ...
... floor in the living room , with the homemade designer popcorn between them in a large yellow plastic bowl she used for making dough for banana cake and bread . Their words were making me relax , and were lulling me into and out of the ...
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