{"product_id":"isobel-emile-paperback","title":"Isobel \u0026 Emile - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Reed\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Isobel and Emile. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey wake up beside each other one morning, and they slowly get out of bed. It is the last time that they will sleep together. They know it. They do not want it to be the last time but they know that it is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey get out of bed and they go to a train station. Emile gets onto a train. Isobel does not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe stands on the platform and she watches him go. He is going to the city, where he will be an artist. He will make puppets, and films of puppets, that struggle to say something he does not have the words for. She will stay in the small town, in the small room where they lived. She will work at a small grocery store and write letters to Emile while she works up the courage to do something more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in a stark, minimalist voice, \u003ci\u003eIsobel and Emile\u003c\/i\u003e is the hypnotizing story of two lovers without each other. It is a story of struggling with loss and a loneliness that threatens to consume them. It is about staying true to what they hold dear, no matter that it is hopeless and that nothing will ever come of it, because sometimes that is all that is left. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd sometimes, it is enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Reed studied semiotics at the University of Toronto and writing at Dartington College of Arts (in the U.K.). He is the author of a collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eFor Love of the City\u003c\/i\u003e (BuschekBooks), and two plays. Since 2005, he has been working as an experimental writer, making things that sit somewhere between writing, installation and performance art. This is his first novel. He lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.4 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771654635808,"sku":"9781552452271","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3f0d5dff2daa16b5092d9411e8b5dac9.webp?v=1780390376","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/isobel-emile-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}