[]
The Geomancer's Compass
  • Published: 15 September 2012
  • ISBN: 9781770492929
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $35.00

The Geomancer's Compass

Formats & editions
Hardback
15 Sept 2012
EBook
13 Mar 2018
Buy from…
Amazon Booktopia Dymocks QBD Readings Your Bookstore Abbeys Boomerang Find local retailers Find local retailers Collins Gleebooks Harry Hartog Kinokuniya Robinsons The Nile Mighty Ape

This futuristic novel has all the elements YA fiction needs to draw critical attention from reviewers, and to elicit award-nominations. It is thematically interesting, culturally diverse, well-written, futuristic, and very funny.

This futuristic novel has all the elements YA fiction needs to draw critical attention from reviewers, and to elicit award-nominations. It is thematically interesting, culturally diverse, well-written, futuristic, and very funny.
 
Set in the year 2021, this fantastic YA novel explores the tension between a young woman's future building infrastructure for Augmented Reality, and the commitment she makes to her dying grandmother to honour ancient Chinese magic. The Geomancer's Compass imagines a world in the near future while exploring the Chinese immigrant experience and the expanding, elastic and shifting nature of reality.
  • Published: 15 September 2012
  • ISBN: 9781770492929
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $35.00
Categories:

About the author

Melissa Hardy

Melissa Hardy, winner of the 1994 Journey Prize, was inspired to write "The Uncharted Heart" while visiting her husband's family in Timmins. Like the lead character in "The Bockles," her husband's Cornish grandfather was recruited by the agent of a gold-mining company. She is the author of A Cry of Bees and Constant Fire, and her work has been widely anthologized. She lives in London, Ontario.
MH

Also by Melissa Hardy

The Uncharted Heart
See all

Praise for The Geomancer's Compass

Praise for THE UNCHARTERED HEART by Melissa Hardy:
"...a remarkable evocation of events a... discerning examination of human motivation and behavior, and an adroit use of language. Melissa Hardy has an obvious place in the chart of Canadian writers." The Globe and Mail

"These are tales meant to enthrall and entertain and they succeed, yes, magnificently. . . .their effect is haunting. They radiate with the visual splendour of dreams and the psychic force of poetry. . . . A superb collection."
The National Post