Concrete Forest: The New Fiction of Urban Canada

There’ve been a few mutterings here and there that the venerable M & S is grasping for a degree of hipness in publishing Concrete Forest, but I say, “Bravo!” Bravo, that is, to the idea ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Spirit Wrestler

By Greg Nelson

Commissioned as a centenary celebration of a great Doukhobor event, Spirit Wrestler is the story of Nikolai Kalmakoff, who champions the Doukhobor cause. It begins in Russia around 1895 when he is 14 years-old and ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth

By Drew Hayden Taylor

In one sense, Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth is about the psychological consequences of the “scoop up,” or the taking of native children for adoption in white society. But behind the generalized clash ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Secret of the Northern Lights

By W. P. Kinsella

There is a tendency for books – fiction and otherwise – to describe native people as either being trampled emotionally by years of oppression, or abundantly rich in traditional culture. Both stereotypes exist, but they ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Sword of Goliath

By Martin S. Cohen

Martin S. Cohen’s third novel is a rambling, discursive mystery that sends its kindly protagonist, Michael Prager, on a search to uncover an ancient secret. Shaped by the minutiae of Jewish lore and erudite biblical ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Bitter Taste of Time

By Béa Gonzalez

It’s a familiar literary scenario: in a lush, troubled country lives a family of women. Their men have all died tragically or abandoned them scandalously. The iron-willed matriarch maintains order through numerous disasters, but her ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Boy of Good Breeding

By Miriam Toews

Tell me, is there a Canadian, male or female, who doesn’t know what a Zamboni is? Miriam Toews, in her second novel A Boy of Good Breeding, would have us believe that in spring 1996 ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Widow for One Year

By John Irving

“My novels aren’t ideas...I begin with the characters, which leads me to the problems that the characters are prone to have, which yields a story – every time.” The speaker here is Ruth Cole, one ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Wise and Foolish Virgins

By Don Hannah

Don Hannah’s first novel The Wise and Foolish Virgins is one of this year’s selections in Knopf Canada’s “New Face of Fiction” series. Knopf’s annual spring campaign to uncover the next CanLit rising star has ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Man of Bone

By Alan Cumyn

All prepared for a first diplomatic posting in Beijing, Bill Burridge is sent instead to Santa Irene, a troubled island republic near Vietnam. The republic is fictional, but the scenario of corruption, human rights abuses, ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Concrete Forest: The New Fiction of Urban Canada

Spirit Wrestler

Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth

The Secret of the Northern Lights

The Sword of Goliath

The Bitter Taste of Time

A Boy of Good Breeding

A Widow for One Year

The Wise and Foolish Virgins

★ Man of Bone

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