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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

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Værker af Michael Crummey

Galore (2009) 732 eksemplarer
Sweetland (2014) 523 eksemplarer
River Thieves (2001) 415 eksemplarer
The Innocents (2019) 352 eksemplarer
The Wreckage (2005) 237 eksemplarer
Hard Light (1895) 50 eksemplarer
The Adversary (2023) 47 eksemplarer
Flesh and Blood (2000) 34 eksemplarer
Salvage (2002) 25 eksemplarer
Under the Keel: Poems (2013) 19 eksemplarer
Newfoundland (2004) 17 eksemplarer
Passengers (2022) 6 eksemplarer
Arguments with gravity (1996) 6 eksemplarer

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I'm an outlier on this one. I didn't care about any of the characters, other than wishing for the few innocent to survive the cruelty inflicted upon them. I guess it's all about money and control and now and then.
 
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ccayne | 3 andre anmeldelser | Feb 22, 2024 |
What a strange little book.

Moses Sweetland is an old man who has lived on a tiny island in the North Atlantic for all but a few months of his life. When the Canadian government wants to relocate everybody on the island to the mainland Moses resists and ultimately takes drastic steps to remain on the island.

We learn about all the quirky characters on the island of Sweetland, we learn about why Moses leads such a solitary life, and we learn his ultimate fate.

I really felt like I got to know the old coot and I'm glad to have spent the hours with him that I did.


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hmonkeyreads | 50 andre anmeldelser | Jan 25, 2024 |
 
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VictorHalfwit | 3 andre anmeldelser | Jan 22, 2024 |
Michael Crummey has long been one of my favourite Canadian authors, and his book Sweetland was the first novel of his that I read. This book is his first novel, and I am ashamed of myself for taking so long to read it. Crummey writes about the history of his province, Newfoundland. Michael Crummey was a poet before he became a novelist, and his a marvellous skill with words and the English language comes out in his books. This book is beautifully written, and very descriptive with an engaging cast of characters. It is set during the time when the European settlers had arrived and were settling in Newfoundland. As near as I can tell it is around the early 19th Century, The Governor of Newfoundland during the timeframe of this book was Sir Charles Hamilton, and he was in office from 1818-1823. The book illustrates the uncertainties of the relationship between Beothuk natives and the European settlers. Many things happened in the Newfoundland wilderness during this time, as these two nations each try to take over the country, but a lot of the more unsettling things that occurred in the territory were buried for years. Some we may never know. These buried and unburied secrets add a sense of urgency and suspense to the story. Crummey has captured the historical significance of the antagonism generated over the land dispute. and, as well, the living conditions during this unsettling time, and always foremost is the beauty and the unrelenting hardships of of this land. This is an enthralling story of the early beginnings of Canada's newest province, long before John A. MacDonald and the war of 1812. Newfoundland's history is rich and complex and the book makes for fascinating reading.… (mere)
 
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Romonko | 10 andre anmeldelser | Jan 12, 2024 |

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