Desert Rose, Butterfly Storm
- Publisher
- Oolichan Books
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2009
- Category
- Essays
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889822559
- Publish Date
- Apr 2009
- List Price
- $16.95
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David Manicom is the award-winning author of seven books. Progeny Of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the Old Empire was the Quebec Writer’s Federation’s non-fiction book of the year and was shortlisted for the national Writer’s Trust Viacom award for non-fiction. His most recent poetry collection, The Burning Eaves, was short-listed for the 2004 Governor General's Award for poetry. In 2005, he published his first novel, The School at Chartres (Oolichan Books). He has published fiction, poetry, non-fiction and journalism ranging from book reviews to political commentary. A Canadian Foreign Service Officer, he has worked in Moscow, Islamabad, and Beijing, and currently works in Geneva.