Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance
- ISBN-10
- 0307369684
- ISBN-13
- 9780307369680
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-10-29
- Publisher
- Vintage Canada
- Author
- Lloyd Jones
Description
Available in Canada for the first time from the author of Mister Pip The two intertwined love stories in this brilliant novel take the reader from New Zealand to Buenos Aires to Sydney, from the final days of WWI, to the present moment, and back again. Drawing on the intimate rhythms of the tango to find its shape, Jones has written a thrilling and sensuous essay on how we can fall in love, while brilliantly evoking the spare and windswept landscapes of New Zealand’s South Island and the stately sensuous contours of one of the world’s most famous dances.
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