Name: The Long Shadow
SKU: 64816434
Price: 624.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: B. M. Bower
ISBN: 9789371461290

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Publisher

Double 9 Books

Author

B. M. Bower

Year

2025

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14x2.5 cm

ISBN13

9789371461290

The Long Shadow

B. M. Bower (Author) · Double 9 Books · Paperback

New Book Imported to Taiwan

Delivery: 05 Oct - 13 Oct

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Synopsis "The Long Shadow"

The long shadow opens with a meditation on endurance, solitude, and emotional restraint in an environment where survival takes precedence over sentiment. A figure engaged in repetitive labor reflects on a life measured by routine, weather, and the passage of days in an isolated dwelling. Memories disrupt the monotony, introducing the faint trace of past tenderness and the unspoken need for connection that runs beneath the hardened surface. The intrusion of an unexpected visitor brings emotional turbulence, forcing a confrontation with feelings long suppressed. As weather and circumstance force the characters into shared space, the contrast between emotional distance and physical proximity becomes more pronounced. The harsh natural setting sharpens the internal dilemmas each character faces, as isolation begins to give way to a fragile openness. The novel explores how the vastness of the landscape mirrors the internal distance between people, and how even momentary companionship can cast a lasting imprint on a life accustomed to silence. This internal shift, forged under cold skies and in quiet rooms, drives the slow emergence of change amid external constancy.