Gaff
Topsails
by Patrick
Kavanagh
Novel
Trade Paper
ISBN: 1-896951-84-8
5.5" x 8.5"
$22.95
420 pages
BISAC Codes FIC01900
Fiction/Literary |
Gaff
Topsails
by Patrick
Kavanagh
“This extraordinary first novel ... marks the advent of a major
new Canadian literary talent. Kavanagh’s musical prose is full
of the lilt of Newfoundland voices and his knowledge of the nooks
and crannies of language and folklore is profound.”
— Toronto Star
“Like Joyce, Kavanagh uses language as a metaphor for the division
of souls and of countries . . . The ultimate effect is individualistic
and ... refreshing ...”
— The New York Times
“Like flaming Catherine wheels, Kavanagh’s prose takes
us rolling across landscapes and across time ... This is a serious
new Canadian talent, and a magical story well told.”
— The Ottawa Citizen
“Kavanagh writes lovingly and carefully of a life and a land
that he must know in his bones, so intimate is the sense of it we
are left with.”
— The Globe and Mail
“Patrick Kavanagh’s debut is a rich and ambitious book
... above all, it thrills to language and brings the ordinary to
new life.”
— The Times (London)
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