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Sometimes those who have the most seem bent on throwing it away. Meet Bob Sterling, a comfortable middle-aged professor, a specialist in the life of Edgar Allan Poe, married to a former student with whom he has a young son. In the space of a week his family, marriage, home, career, sanity, and life are brought to the brink of ruin in the aftermath of a trip he makes with a student, the intense young poet Sienna Chu, who brings to life Bob’s long-harbored sexual fetish. Add to the mix the misadventures of his wife’s mentally failing mother and Sienna’s explosive techno-junkie roommate, and you have Alan Cumyn’s strikingly accomplished novel Losing It.
Whether describing an Alzheimer sufferer, a fetishist, a twisted poet, or a young mother whose life is suddenly spinning out of control, Cumyn reveals the eccentric sub-surfaces of our lives. Poignant, gritty, and tantalizingly erotic, Losing It is a high-wire act that plays out as an irresistible blend of darkness and humor.
Whether describing an Alzheimer sufferer, a fetishist, a twisted poet, or a young mother whose life is suddenly spinning out of control, Cumyn reveals the eccentric sub-surfaces of our lives. Poignant, gritty, and tantalizingly erotic, Losing It is a high-wire act that plays out as an irresistible blend of darkness and humor.
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Sometimes those who have the most seem bent on throwing it away. Meet Bob Sterling, a comfortable middle-aged professor, a specialist in the life of Edgar Allan Poe, married to a former student with whom he has a young son. In the space of a week his family, marriage, career, sanity, and life are brought to the brink of ruin in the aftermath of a trip he makes with a student, the intense young poet Sienna Chu, who tweaks into florescence a long-harboured, secret sexual fetish. Then add to the mix the misadventures of his wife?s mentally failing mother, a shy night prowler, and Sienna?s explosive techno-junkie roommate. Poignant and gritty, tantalizingly erotic, Losing It is a high-wire act that plays out as a delicious blend of darkness and humour as it embraces the surprising emotional connections that are made in the midst of life?s madness.
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“One of the best young writers in the country.”
–Alistair MacLeod
“There is a chilling confidence and authority in Cumyn’s voice. But there is also tenderness and poignancy.”
– Edmonton Journal
“[Cumyn’s] writing is breathtakingly good.”
– Ottawa Life
–Alistair MacLeod
“There is a chilling confidence and authority in Cumyn’s voice. But there is also tenderness and poignancy.”
– Edmonton Journal
“[Cumyn’s] writing is breathtakingly good.”
– Ottawa Life
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- PublisherSt. Martin's Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0312306911
- ISBN 13 9780312306915
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
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St Martins Pr, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
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