The Ann Ireland Library

The Ann Ireland Library
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This special 3-book bundle collects three masterful novel by one of Canada’s finest writers of literary fiction. <p> <i>A Certain Mr. Takahashi</i>: To Mrs. Hopper, Yoshi Takahashi may be just another name from her daughters’ past, but for Jean and her sister, Colette, he stands for much more. Years ago, Mr. Takahashi moved into their Toronto neighbourhood and sent the adolescent lives of Jean and Colette into a tailspin. They weren’t content merely to befriend the Japanese pianist – in their infatuation they sought to mirror his life as closely as possible. The enchantment lingers into adult life in ways both sisters are reluctant to recognize. This weekend they have been invited to an extravagant family celebration in Victoria, B.C. As the party gains momentum, so does the tension between the sisters. As before, the larger-than-life Mr. Takahashi casts his spell. </p> <p> <i>Exile</i>: Rescued from the dangers he faces in a Latin American military dictatorship, writer Carlos Romero Estevez is given a new life in Vancouver. His rescuers, a benevolent group devoted to aiding oppressed writers, believe they’ve found a poster-boy. Carlos thinks he’s found a new life, new freedom, and new, powerful friends. But soon everyone’s illusions are dispelled, and Carlos finds life in exile to be a new kind of prison.</p> <p> <i>The Blue Guitar</i>: At the International Classical Guitar Competition in Montreal, top-flight musicians fly in from all over the world to compete in a gruelling week. A career can be made or lost here, and the slightest mishap – a lapse of memory, a shaking right hand, a broken fingernail – can ruin years of preparation. Judges and contestants alike battle and scheme to achieve what they most desire here. There is much more than pretty music being performed on this stage. <br/> <br/> </p> <p><i>The Instructor</i>: Simone Paris is nineteen when she leaves a small town bound for Mexico with her art instructor, Otto Guest. Their affair is loaded with desire, not only physical but intellectual. Theirs is a mutual addiction made up of philosophy and shared aesthetic interest, entwined with sexual fascination. Six years after their relationship crumbles, Otto returns to Simone. His reappearance triggers vivid memories which she expresses in a voice matured by experience and regret.</p> <p><b>Includes</b> </p> <ul> <li><i>The Blue Guitar</i></li> <li><i>A Certain Mr. Takahashi</i></li> <li><i>Exile</i></li> <li><i>The Instructor <br/> <br/> </i></li> </ul>

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The Blue Guitar

Acknowledgements

Prologue

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Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Twenty

Twenty-One

Twenty-Two

Twenty-Three

Twenty-Four

Twenty-Five

Twenty-Six

PROLOGUE

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3

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7

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9

10

11

12

13

PART THREE

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21

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24

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Epilogue

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Copyright

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I interviewed several eminent classical guitarists during my research for this novel. Big thanks to Denis Azabagić, Peter McCutcheon, Lily Afshar, Anna Graham, and especially Steve Thachuk, who is a patient and inspiring teacher, top-notch guitarist, and pretty funny, too. These musicians are in no way responsible for what I did with their stories and information.

I am grateful to the Canada Council of the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for financial help.

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Jasper visibly relaxes, pressing his lower back into the counter, then reaches to turn down the burner under the soup. A fresh baguette sits on a cutting board, the heel torn off and demolished.

Toby goes over to the sink and pours a glass of water, aware, as always, of Jasper’s gaze. He moves his hips a bit more than needed and peers out the window onto the concrete patch where buses idle before heading north toward the subway station. Since they live on the ground floor of the townhouse, views aren’t exactly optimal.

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