Burden of Desire - Hardcover

Macneil, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385420196 ISBN 13: 9780385420198

Publisher: Nan A. Talese, 1992

Synopsis

Set against a vived backdrop of a world at war, Burden of Desire opens with a cataclysmic explosions that provides the novel's extraordinary central metaphor. The blast and its aftermath, which devastates Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1917, rocks the lives of the three major characters, and ensures that the world as they know it will never be the same again.

Brilliantly blending suspense and eroticism with rich historical detail, Robert MacNeil sets the stage for one of the most provocative tales of desire and obsession to be found in recent fiction. Magnificent in scope, Burden of Desire is work of rare emotional power in which acts of love and war come vividly and sensually to life.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"A powerful piece of work...a tremendous story."- The Washington Post Book World

"Tells us more about ourselves than a thousand constitutional conferences."-Halifax Mail Star

About the Author:

Born in Montreal, ROBERT MACNEIL grew up in Halifax, attended Dalhousie University and graduated from Carleton in Ottawa. Starting as a CBC announcer, he was a journalist for forty years with Reuters News Agency, NBC News and the BBC, including twenty years as Executive Editor of the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour on PBS. He is the author of three other novels, including the recently released Portrait of Julia, a sequel to Burden of Desire, and three works of nonfiction. He divides his time between New York and Nova Scotia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nan A. Talese
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0385420196
• ISBN 13: 9780385420198
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 466