Contract with the World
Jane Rule
Six characters use Art to try and make sense of their lives and establish a relationship with the outside world. For some there is success, for others talent or salvation eludes them. Mike Trasco believes that sculpture is soft and that only his unfinished carpentry is the real thing . He works as a bouncer at night in order to support his wife Alma and their two sons. After Mike leaves her, Alma tries to write in order to make sense of her failed marriage and her affair with Roxanne, a composer. Roxanne records the sounds around her; traffic, day to day sounds in the house and Alma making love. Allen is a photographer deeply in love with Pierre and Carlotta paints their portraits. Only Joseph spends much time walking from one to the other in order to stop himself from going mad, and fails, landing in a mental hospital.
Their lives are inextricably linked. Catalysts such as marriage, divorce, death and pregnancy alter their lives irrevocably and when Allen stages an exhibition of photographs of homosexuals, including may of his friends, ethical questions about the artist’s relationship to his subject and ultimate responsibility to the world are raised.
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Details
| ISBN | 1894663837 |
| Genre | Canadian Eh; Fiction |
| Copyright Date | 1980 |
| Publication Date | 01-Mar-05 |
| Publisher | Insomniac Press |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 352 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Good |
| Original Publisher | Naiad Press |
| BookID | 2404 |
