Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book, Caribbean
& Canada and the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award;
Finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, the
Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Book Award, and the Winterset Award
When a whale beaches itself on the shore of the remote coastal town
of Paradise Deep, the last thing any of the townspeople expect to
find inside it is a man, silent and reeking of fish, but remarkably
alive. The discovery of this mysterious person, soon christened
Judah, sets the town scrambling for answers as its most prominent
citizens weigh in on whether he is man or beast, blessing or curse,
miracle or demon. Though Judah is a shocking addition, the town of
Paradise Deep is already full of unusual characters. King-me
Sellers, self-appointed patriarch, has it in for an inscrutable
woman known only as Devine's Widow, with whom he has a decades-old
feud. Her granddaughter, Mary Tryphena, is just a child when Judah
washes ashore, but finds herself tied to him all her life in ways
she never expects. "Galore "is the story of the saga that develops
between these families, full of bitterness and love, spanning two
centuries.
With Paradise Deep, award-winning novelist Michael Crummey
imagines a realm where the line between the everyday and the
otherworldly is impossible to discern. Sprawling and intimate,
stark and fantastical, "Galore "is a novel about the power of
stories to shape and sustain us.
General
| Imprint: |
Other Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2011 |
| First published: |
March 2011 |
| Authors: |
Michael Crummey
|
| Dimensions: |
213 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
352 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-59051-434-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-59051-434-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781590514344 |
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