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| Author | Alice Zorn |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | NeWest Press |
Publication date | May 1, 2011 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 315 |
| ISBN | 978-1-897126-80-6 |
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Claire Holden Rothman, in the Montreal Review of Books, said it was, "an ambitious, deftly handled exploration of human beings in love." [2] Juliet Waters, of Montreal Mirror, said, "Alice Zorn is another writer to watch these days. Her lucidly written first novel Arrhythmia is the follow-up to her promising short story collection Ruins & Relics and explores the lives of urban Montrealers struggling with various aspects of betrayal." [3] Beverly Akerman, writing for The Winnipeg Review, called the novel, "an impressively old-fashioned novel based on the ancient and captivating geometry of the triangle." [4] Natalie Samson, in Quill & Quire , said that "the effect here is of a jumble of voices, none of which feels particularly well fleshed-out or authentic". [5]
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