For this year’s advent calendar, I am recommending Canadian authors/books found on Schatje’s Shelves. Again, to make things more interesting/challenging, I will use the alphabet, skipping “X” and “Z”. In total, I propose to focus on 50 Canadian writers, an early nod to Canada's 150th birthday next year.
“D” is for Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies was one of Canada's best known and most
popular authors. He wrote a number of
trilogies; all are great reads but the one I would most recommend is The
Deptford Trilogy.
Novels:
The Salterton Trilogy
Tempest-Tost
Leaven of Malice (winner of 1954
Stephen Leacock Award for Humour)
A Mixture of Frailties
The Deptford
Trilogy
Fifth Business
The Manticore (winner of 1972
Governor General’s Award)
World of Wonders
The Cornish
Trilogy
The Rebel Angels
What's Bred in the Bone (shortlisted
for 1986 Man Booker Prize)
The Lyre of Orpheus
The "Toronto
Trilogy" (incomplete)
Murther and Walking Spirits
The Cunning Man
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“D” is for Emma
Donoghue
Most readers will have heard of Emma Donoghue because of her
novel Room.
Novels (which I recommend):
Room (shortlisted
for 2010 Man Booker Prize, winner of 2010 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize,
shortlisted for 2010 Governor General’s Award, shortlisted for 2011 Orange Prize
for Fiction)
Frog Music See
my review at http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/10/birthday-review-frog-music-by-emma.html.
The Wonder (shortlisted
for 2016 Giller Prize) See my review at http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/11/review-of-wonder-by-emma-donoghue.html.
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