{"product_id":"icefields-9780671002206","title":"Icefields","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003e The Banff Grand National Prize for Literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Writers Guild of Alberta Best First Book Award\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Commonwealth Best First Novel Prize (Caribbean and Canada Region)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At a quarter past three in the afternoon, on August 17, 1898, Doctor Edward Byrne slipped on the ice of Acturus glacier in the Canadian Rockies and slid into a crevasse . . . \u003cbr\u003e Nearly sixty feet below the surface, Byrne is wedged upside down between the narrowing walls of a chasm, fighting his desire to sleep. The ice in front of him is lit with a pale blue-green radiance. There, embedded in he pure, antediluvian glacier, Byrne sees something that will inextricably link him to the vast bed of ice, and the people who inhabit this strange corner of the world. In this moment, his life becomes a quest to uncover the mystery of the icefield that almost became his tomb. \u003cbr\u003e Within the deceptively simple framework of a tourist guidebook, \u003ci\u003eIcefields\u003c\/i\u003e takes a breathtaking, imaginative look at the human spirit, loss, myth, and elusive truths. Here is an impressive literary landscape, and an expedition unlike any you have ever experienced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671002206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.64h x 4.97w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/1996 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/13\/1996 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Wharton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639776538780,"sku":"9780671002206","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c5f6747e-4fa4-4392-82cc-f65518bc9c5d.jpg?v=1607544987","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/icefields-9780671002206","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}