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Gradually, all of the residents surrender to the inevitable. All of the residents, that is, but one: old Moses Sweetland.
Motivated in part by a sense of history and belonging, and concerned that his somewhat eccentric great-nephew will wilt on the mainland, Moses resists the coercion of family and friends in order to hold onto the only place he's ever called home. As his options dwindle, Moses Sweetland concocts a scheme to remain the island's only living resident.
Cut off from the outside world, with the food supply diminishing and weather shredding away the last evidence of human habitation, Sweetland finds himself, finally, in the company of ghosts . . .
Written with incomparable emotional power and depth, Sweetland is a story about loyalty and courage, about the human will to persist even when all hope seems lost.
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Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. The scarcely populated town of Sweetland rests on the shore of a remote Canadian island. Its slow decline finally reaches a head when the mainland government offers each islander a generous resettlement packagethe sole stipulation being that everyone must leave. Fierce and enigmatic Moses Sweetland, whose ancestors founded the village, is the only one to refuse. As he watches his neighbors abandon the island, he recalls the towns rugged history and its eccentric cast of characters. Evoking The Shipping News, Michael Crummeyone of Canadas finest novelistsconjures up the mythical, sublime world of Sweetlands past amid a stormbattered landscape haunted by local lore. As in his critically acclaimed novel Galore, Crummey masterfully weaves together past and present, creating in Sweetland a spectacular portrait of one mans battle to survive as his environment vanishes around him. Winner of Newfoundland Book Award Short-listed for the Governors General Award Winner of the CBC Bookie Award for Fiction Finalist for the Winterset Prize The epic tale of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780871407900
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