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Roses Are Difficult Here: A Novel - Hardcover

Mitchell, W. O.

 
9780771060779: Roses Are Difficult Here: A Novel
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0771060777 ISBN 13: 9780771060779
Verlag: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1990

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This is a novel of small-town life. The town where roses are difficult is Shelby, in the Alberta foothills, and the time is the 1950s. Matt Stanley, the editor of the local paper, relishes the range of people he meets, from Willie MacCrimmon, the local shoemaker and demon curler, to the oldest resident, Daddy Sherry, all the way to the disreputable Rory Napoleon and his wife, Mame, who once conceived at the top of a ferris wheel “because there was nothing else to do.” But when a sociologist arrives to study the town, Matt takes her under his wing, which produces unexpected results. From scenes of high comedy (as when Santa comes to Shelby, or when Rory Napoleon’s goats invade the town) to gentle sadness, this 1990 novel shows W.O Mitchell at his traditional best.

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<b>W.O. Mitchell</b>, the only Canadian author recognizable by initials alone, was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan in 1914. Educated at the University of Manitoba, he lived most of his life in Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Alberta, where for many years he was the most renowned resident in High River. He and his wife, Merna, subsequently moved to Calgary. <br><br>During a very varied career Bill Mitchell travelled widely and was everything from a Depression hobo to the fiction editor of <i>Maclean</i>’<i>s</i>. A gifted teacher, he was visiting professor at the University of Windsor for several years, and a creative writing instructor at the Banff Centre for many summers.<br><br>His best-loved book is <i>Who Has Seen the Wind</i>. Since its publication in 1947 it has sold over half a million

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vel of small-town life. The town where roses are difficult is Shelby, in the Alberta foothills, and the time is the 1950s. Matt Stanley, the editor of the local paper, relishes the range of people he meets, from Willie MacCrimmon, the local shoemaker and demon curler, to the oldest resident, Daddy Sherry, all the way to the disreputable Rory Napoleon and his wife, Mame, who once conceived at the top of a ferris wheel “because there was nothing else to do.” But when a sociologist arrives to study the town, Matt takes her under his wing, which produces unexpected results. From scenes of high comedy (as when Santa comes to Shelby, or when Rory Napoleon’s goats invade the town) to gentle sadness, this 1990 novel shows W.O Mitchell at his traditional best.

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Verlag
McClelland & Stewart Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1990
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0771060777
ISBN 13 
9780771060779
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
325
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