- Fiction, short stories (single author), Canadian literature, Canadian National characteristics, Authors, Canadian (English)
"In one of the earliest works by the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner, Elizabeth Hay collects a series of reflections on life, identity, history, and love, drifting through her many homes -- Yellowknife, Mexico City, Toronto, and New York City -- to consider Canadian identity.
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Character-led, contemplative, grave and earnest.
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- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Elizabeth Hay
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 147
- Publisher
- Cormorant Books
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781897151273
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