News & Extras
Mongrel
Jan 24, 2013
Think of the word “mongrel” and the image of a mixed-breed dog comes to mind.
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Blood and Salt
Jan 24, 2013
In 1915, at the time of the First World War, the Canadian government rounded up male Ukrainian immigrants and placed them in camps.
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Suspicion
Jan 24, 2013
Suspicion, as the reader may suspect, is a mystery, but it’s much more than that.
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Always an Adventure: An Autobiography
Jan 24, 2013
Always an Adventure is an upbeat and life-affirming story of one ordinary man who has made “a relatively successful career” (vii) and a happy, fulfilling existence for himself.
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A Woman Clothed in Words
Jan 24, 2013
Embodied in a wonderful cover illustration, the title A Woman Clothed in Words is a phrase twice abducted, from a Szumigalski poem which, like a shaman’s robe, is itself woven from sacred flotsam, favourite lines from Patrick Friesen, into an homage to him, “The Thin Pale Man” (91).
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There are many ways to die while travelling in Peru
Jan 24, 2013
The main difference between travellers of old and today’s wanderers is that the former did not have to travel far from home to find themselves in a truly alien and dangerous territory teeming with shadows and tricksters.
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