The Winter Vault

A signed hardcover copy of The Winter Vault by Canadian poet and novelist Anne Michaels, published by McClelland & Stewart in 2009 and accompanied by its pictorial dust jacket. Michaels’ second novel brings together intimate grief and major feats of engineering, moving through the St. Lawrence Seaway, the relocation of Abu Simbel, and the reconstruction of postwar Warsaw.

The Winter Vault was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Trillium Book Award, and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Its historical scope and lyrical treatment of memory, displacement, love, and rebuilding make it a notable work of contemporary Canadian literary fiction.

This copy is personally inscribed on the title page to Katie, followed by a warm good-wishes message, Anne Michaels’ signature, and the date May 2010. It is an author-signed and personalized copy rather than a flat-signed example.

The seller grades the book Very Good. The dust jacket displays light edge and corner wear, including minor rubbing and creasing or compression at the corners. The visible page block appears generally clean and bright, although the photographs do not document every interior page. Please review the supplied images for the copy’s appearance and the complete inscription.