Author

Publication

1990 - Penguin Books, New York, N.Y., U.S.A, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

78,250 words, Guess

Page Count

313 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveswann00shie
  • ISBN-100140134298
  • ISBN-139780140134292
  • Goodreads44818
  • LibraryThing54245
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  • Library of Congress Control Number89078393
  • Better World Books9780140134292
  • Open LibraryOL2228059M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPR9199.3.S514 S9 1990
  • LCCPR9199.3.S514S9 1990

Description

Mary Swann is the story of four individuals who become entwined in the life of Mary Swann, a rural Canadian poet whose authentic and unique voice is discovered only hours before her husband hacks her to pieces. Who is Mary Swann? And how could she have produced these works of genius in almost complete isolation? Mysteriously, all traces of Swann's existence, her notebook, the first draft of her work, even her photograph, gradually vanish as the characters in this engrossing novel become caught up in their own concepts of who Mary Swann was.

First Sentence

As recently as two years ago, when I was twenty-six, I dressed in ratty jeans and sweatshirt with lettering across the chest.

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  • SwannPenguin Books1990-01-01
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