The Northern Lights: A Novel
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Set against the stark, isolating wilderness of northern Canada, this haunting literary novel chronicles the fractured relationship between a father and his teenage son, both of whom are consumed by grief following a devastating family tragedy. Howard Norman crafts a deeply atmospheric narrative in which the two characters retreat to a remote cabin, where silence, resentment, and an obsession with old films become the unlikely language of their bond. With spare, precise prose, the story uncovers the raw emotional terrain of loss, masculinity, and the desperate human need for connection in the face of overwhelming sorrow. Norman's tone is quietly devastating — restrained yet deeply felt — drawing readers into a world where the natural landscape mirrors the interior desolation of its characters. The Northern Lights stands as a powerful meditation on fathers and sons, mourning, and the fragile, often wordless ways in which people attempt to hold one another together.
Author: Howard Norman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1987, Summit Books
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Set against the stark, isolating wilderness of northern Canada, this haunting literary novel chronicles the fractured relationship between a father and his teenage son, both of whom are consumed by grief following a devastating family tragedy. Howard Norman crafts a deeply atmospheric narrative in which the two characters retreat to a remote cabin, where silence, resentment, and an obsession with old films become the unlikely language of their bond. With spare, precise prose, the story uncovers the raw emotional terrain of loss, masculinity, and the desperate human need for connection in the face of overwhelming sorrow. Norman's tone is quietly devastating — restrained yet deeply felt — drawing readers into a world where the natural landscape mirrors the interior desolation of its characters. The Northern Lights stands as a powerful meditation on fathers and sons, mourning, and the fragile, often wordless ways in which people attempt to hold one another together.