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Return of the Native - Softcover

Butler, Jonathan

 
9781550812305: Return of the Native
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1550812300 ISBN 13: 9781550812305
Verlag: BREAKWATER BOOKS, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.

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Verlag
BREAKWATER BOOKS
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1550812300
ISBN 13 
9781550812305
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
160
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