num_pages: 282
description: What does it really mean to love another person?The question hovers like a persistent wisp of fog over the story of Martin Sloane, an Irish-born artist who creates intricate, object-filled boxes, and Jolene Iolas, the young American woman who finds herself drawn first to Martin Sloane's art and then to the man himself. The story of their relationship across nearly two decades, and of Jolene's search for Martin Sloane when one day he disappears from their home without warning or explanation, is told in a novel that brilliantly and movingly explores the vagaries of love and friendship, the burdens of personal history, and the enigmatic power of art.
language: English
title: Martin Sloane
titlecomplete: Martin Sloane
genres: Fiction, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Canada, Literary Fiction, Art, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 570
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book in Caribbean and Canada, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Amazon.ca First Novel Award
publisher: Back Bay Books