Flesh and Blood
From the author of the best-selling, Giller-nominated River Thieves comes a heartbreaking and masterful collection of short fiction.With uncommon elegance and compassion, Michael Crummey has created a community of exiles, characters estranged from their home, from their families or, just as often, from themselves. Set largely in the small Newfoundland mining town of Black Rock, but straying as far west as Vancouver and as far east as China, these stories are subtle, stark portrayals of people alternately looking for or trying desperately to escape their place in the world.A young boy confuses love and allegiance, then stumbles into the comple…
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- ISBN: 978-0-385-67242-9
- EAN: 9780385672429
- Produktnummer: 15728580
- Verlag: Doubleday Canada
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'325 KB
Über den Autor
Michael Crummey has written several books of poetry, a short-story collection, and a novel. He is the winner of Bronwen Wallace Award and was nominated for the 1998 Journey Prize. His best-selling and acclaimed first novel, River Thieves, was shortlisted for The Giller Prize. Born in Buchans, Newfoundland, growing up there and in Wabush, Labrador, Michael Crummey now lives in St. John's.
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