Michael Crummey
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Michael Crummey was born in Buchans, Newfoundland, Canada on November 18, 1965. He received a BA in English from Memorial University in 1987. He pursued graduate work at Queen's University, but dropped out of the PhD program in 1989. In 1986, he entered and won the Gregory J. Power Poetry Contest vis mere at Memorial University. He was first published in the St. John's-based literary mag TickleAce. In 1994, he won the inaugural Bronwen Wallace Award for Poetry. His first book of poetry, Arguments with Gravity, was published in 1996 and won the Writer's Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Poetry. His works include Hard Light, Emergency Roadside Assistance, and Flesh and Blood. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Værker af Michael Crummey
Viewfinder 2 eksemplarer
Emergency Roadside Assistance 1 eksemplar
An Old Sailor's Portion (1932) 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Telegrams from Home, Vol. 1 — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Fødselsdato
- 1965-11-18
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Canada
- Fødested
- Buchans, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Bopæl
- Buchans, Newfoundland, Canada
Wabush, Labrador, Canada
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada - Uddannelse
- Memorial University, Newfoundland (1987)
Queen's University at Kingston - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Timothy Findley Award (2007)
Medlemmer
Discussions
Canadian Author Challenge — April: Margaret Atwood & Michael Crummey i 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (maj 2016)
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World Books (1)
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Statistikker
- Værker
- 18
- Also by
- 1
- Medlemmer
- 2,522
- Popularitet
- #10,178
- Vurdering
- 3.9
- Anmeldelser
- 154
- ISBN
- 111
- Sprog
- 5
- Udvalgt
- 12
This is a well-written book, chock-a-block with Newfoundland English (luckily I could access the Dictionary of Newfoundland Usage online), descriptive, well-researched. The story, however, was a hard one for me to read. I cringed at the desperation of the two lonely children, winced at threats to their well-being, was horrified when incest jutted its ugly head into the story. There were vivid passages about gutting and skinning animals, and I simply don't have the stomach for reading that.
A good book, but not one I'd recommend, then, because of how it made me feel. I like fiction to leave me feeling either content or interested or wanting to find out more of the story; sadly this book gave me none of that. It did, however, give me the pleasure of reading fine passages by a gifted writer, and I will try Michael Crummey's works again, but something less bloody and off-putting.… (mere)