Arrival

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Ebook in format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order

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Open - No Protection

Publication Year:
2017

ISBN-13: 9781487002183

<p><strong>“The most important book to be written in more than 40 years about the rise of Canadian literature… <i>Arrival: The Story of CanLit</i> brims and crackles, in equal measure, with information and energy.” — <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i></strong></p><p><strong>A <i>Globe and Mail </i>Top 100 Book<br /><i>National Post </i>99 Best Books of the Year</strong></p><p>In the mid-twentieth century, Canadian literature transformed from a largely ignored trickle of books into an enormous cultural phenomenon that produced Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, Mordecai Richler, and so many others. In <i>Arrival</i>, acclaimed writer and critic Nick Mount answers the question: What caused the CanLit Boom?</p><p>Written with wit and panache, <i>Arrival</i> tells the story of Canada’s literary awakening. Interwoven with Mount’s vivid tale are enlightening mini-biographies of the people who made it happen, from superstars Leonard Cohen and Marie-Claire Blais to lesser-known lights like the troubled and impassioned Harold Sonny Ladoo. The full range of Canada’s literary boom is here: the underground exploits of the <i>blew ointment </i>and <i>Tish </i>gangs; revolutionary critical forays by highbrow academics; the blunt-force trauma of our plain-spoken backwoods poetry; and the urgent political writing that erupted from the turmoil in Quebec.</p><p>Originally published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, <i>Arrival </i>is a dazzling, variegated, and inspired piece of writing that helps explain how we got from there to here.</p>