Both George, the hero of the first novella and Emma, the protagonist of the second, are .

Both George, the hero of the first novella and Emma, the protagonist of the second, are troubled by a sense of encroaching age, of promises betrayed and opportunities lost. Both are happily married, with children, yet they yearn for lives of greater meaning. George gets into a bar brawl, has a nose bleed that leads to hospitalization and some facial paralysis. Emma, who is both a desperate housewife and a thwarted artist, falls into an affair.

A Whiter Shade of Pale/Becoming Emma. Thursday, January 2, 1992 Both George, the hero of the first novella and Emma, the protagonist of the second, are troubled by a sense of encroaching age, of promises betrayed and opportunities lost.

A Whiter Shade of Pale, Becoming Emma: Two Novellas. I only read Becoming Emma as it was assigned through AU's The Faust Theme course. I have not read Madame Bovary or Emma, but while reading this, I found a lot of similarities to Margaret Laurence's Fire Dwellers. 0920897215 (ISBN13: 9780920897218). My grandmother was Latvian, so felt a connection with Aida/Emma there, but mostly found her self-centered and spoiled. Also, because I am from Alberta, I enjoyed the references to familiar landmarks.

A Whiter Shade of Pale/Becoming Emma : Two Novellas.

When Edwards was asked about the inspiration of her latest book, Finding . Whiter Shade of Pale/ Becoming Emma - 1992.

When Edwards was asked about the inspiration of her latest book, Finding Rosa she replied, "I wanted to make sense of my relationship with my mother. This required discovering her past. Nominated for the 2009 Writers' Guild of Alberta's City of Edmonton Book Prize. Magocsi, Paul "Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples". Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 2010.

When Edwards was asked about the inspiration of her latest book, Finding Rosa she replied, I wanted to make sense of my relationship with my mother.

1948 (age 70–71) Wellingborough, England. When Edwards was asked about the inspiration of her latest book, Finding Rosa she replied, I wanted to make sense of my relationship with my mother. I felt the connection between the personal and the public, between memory and history, before I understood i. .In an interview in 2008, Edwards states that the biggest challenge for writing Finding Rosa', was to find a proper structure.

and so it was that later as a mirror told its tale that her face at first just ghostly turned a whiter shade of pale

and so it was that later as a mirror told its tale that her face at first just ghostly turned a whiter shade of pale. She said: "There is no reason and the truth is plain to see" but I wandered through my playing cards would not let her be one of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast and although my eyes were open they might just as well've been closed This composition stands tall on its own. Every song out there is inspired by those from o.

Whiter Shade of Pale/ Becoming Emma - 1992.