Sombrio
- Publisher
- Gordon Hill Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2022
- Category
- General, General, Contemporary Women
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781774220672
- Publish Date
- Sep 2022
- List Price
- $22.00
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Description
Vulnerable and hallucinatory, Rhonda Waterfall writes an alarming and vivid West Coast novel. Set in the rainforest on the outer coast of Vancouver Island, Sombrio takes us into the dark heart of lost childhoods. Three men – an artist, his apprentice and an ex-bank robber turned poet – seek refuge in an abandoned squatters shack. As windstorm descends upon the men, their thin hold on reality begins to unravel and fray. Each man must grapple with his past and with his desire for fame or infamy along with what their disastrous choices have wrought for their children. This is a tale of madness, art, love, addiction and paternal responsibility. And how men lauded as geniuses crush their daughters.
About the author
Rhonda Waterfall is a graduate of The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University where she was mentored by Stephen Osborne. Along with a short story collection entitled The Only Thing I Have, she has had fiction and non-fiction published in several literary journals such as Geist, Room and Grain. Rhonda was born in Ocean Falls on the west coast of Canada and currently resides in Toronto. The Strait of Anian is her first novel.