Return of the Native - Couverture souple

Butler, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1550812300 ISBN 13 : 9781550812305

Editeur : Breakwater Books,Canada, 2012

Synopsis

Kissing the big-city life goodbye, Udo Nomi retu s to Newfoundland from Toronto for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a hero for his people to help free The Republic. In a comic, quasi-parody of the liberties taken by contemporary writers of historical fiction, Udo discovers the quagmires which exist in historical scholarship. The past is not so certain after all. Perhaps what really matters, Udo comes to lea, is the way we narrate the present and our own role in it. A romp through downtown St. John's, blending the comic with the serious and farce with political sincerity, Retu of the Native is a fast-paced, humorous novel about both what's been done to Newfoundland and what makes a Newfoundlander. ENDORSEMENTS A rum-soaked remake of Thomas Hardy's classic, Jonathan Butler's Retu of the Native staggers the streets of St. John's with its unlikely heroes on their quixotic quest to win the independence of their island home.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan Butler, a native of St. John's, Newfoundland, and former co-editor of Descant, has published short fiction, poetry and essays in Canada and Taiwan.

He has taught American literature and creative writing at the University of Toronto where he received a doctorate in 2001. He currently holds a tenured position in the department of English at Kainan University in Taiwan. Return of the Native is his first published novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Breakwater Books,Canada
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1550812300
• ISBN 13: 9781550812305
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible