num_pages: 186
description: Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, Surfacing is the story of a talented woman artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in northern Quebec. Setting out with her lover and another young couple, she soon finds herself captivated by the isolated setting, where a marriage begins to fall apart, violence and death lurk just beneath the surface, and sex becomes a catalyst for conflict and dangerous choices. Surfacing is a work permeated with an aura of suspense, complex with layered meanings, and written in brilliant, diamond-sharp prose. Here is a rich mine of ideas from an extraordinary writer about contemporary life and nature, families and marriage, and about women fragmented... and becoming whole.
language: English
title: Surfacing
titlecomplete: Surfacing
genres: Canada, Canadian Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Feminism, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 25847
places: Quebec (Québec)
publisher: Virago