Then, Donal Keneally, an Irish giant who thought he could invent the world, led a band of faithful followers from rural Ireland to Vancouver Island in search of Eden. In the course of his search,...
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Well crafted short stories in the classic style of Mansfield & Lawrence. Concerns ordinary people and their inner lives.
Genre: Short stories -
Auteur: Hodgins, JackSommaire:In 1922, as returned soldiers clear the land they were given on Vancouver Island, the spectre of the First World War lingers in everyone's mind. Johanna Seyerstead waits for her missing-in-action...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Historical fiction -
Auteur: Hodgins, JackSommaire:It's the summer of 1956 and Rusty Macken is itching to leave for the big city. But first he must endure an epic funeral with his huge, rowdy family. Glory, a glamorous city girl who fell for the...
Genre: Domestic fiction, Canadian fiction -
Auteur: Hodgins, JackSommaire:In Jack Hodgins’ new novel, Cadillac Cathedral, he is at his humorous best in describing the eccentric but lovable characters in the little town of Portuguese Creek on Vancouver Island. Arvo is...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Humorous fiction -
Auteur: Hodgins, JackSommaire:Jack Hodgins‘ first book, published originally in 1976, is once again in print — in a new edition. Winner of the Eaton's Book Prize and nominated for the Governor General's Award, Spit Delaney's...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories -
Auteur: Hodgins, JackSommaire:In this new edition of Jack Hodgins’ Governor General–winning novel (for 1979), the reader is taken into the everyday eccentricities of life in Port Annie on the west coast of Vancouver Island, a...
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Auteur: Hodgins, JackSommaire:With The Barclay Family Theatre, his second collection of short stories, Jack Hodgins introduces us to a cast of characters who transform the everyday world of Vancouver Island into a wondrous...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories -
Auteur: Hodgins, JackSommaire:Jack Hodgins begins The Invention of the World with a ferry worker waving you aboard a ship that will take you not only to Vancouver Island but into a world of magic. The far west coast of Canada...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Historical fiction