by prfire | Jan 24, 2013 | Book Reviews, Fiction
In 1915, at the time of the First World War, the Canadian government rounded up male Ukrainian immigrants and placed them in camps. Because Austria had taken over Ukraine and because Canada was now at war with Austria, these men were regarded as enemy aliens. In her...
by prfire | Jan 24, 2013 | Book Reviews, Fiction
Suspicion, as the reader may suspect, is a mystery, but it’s much more than that. I very much enjoyed it, despite the fact that we more or less know, or think we know, what has happened. This is a book with multiple viewpoints, but the shifting views work well as the...
by prfire | Jan 24, 2013 | Book Reviews, Non-Fiction
Always an Adventure is an upbeat and life-affirming story of one ordinary man who has made “a relatively successful career” (vii) and a happy, fulfilling existence for himself. (By ordinary, I imply no disrespect. I simply mean not a prime minister or a rock star, not...
by prfire | Jan 24, 2013 | Book Reviews, Non-Fiction
Embodied in a wonderful cover illustration, the title A Woman Clothed in Words is a phrase twice abducted, from a Szumigalski poem which, like a shaman’s robe, is itself woven from sacred flotsam, favourite lines from Patrick Friesen, into an homage to him, “The Thin...
by prfire | Jan 24, 2013 | Book Reviews, Poetry
The main difference between travellers of old and today’s wanderers is that the former did not have to travel far from home to find themselves in a truly alien and dangerous territory teeming with shadows and tricksters. One could either perish there or overcome real...
by prfire | Jan 24, 2013 | Book Reviews, Poetry
An accomplished poet with several books of poetry, David Groulx presents us with a new collection, A Difficult Beauty. And with it, he gives us a glimpse into the physical, emotional, and spiritual losses experienced by the Aboriginal peoples at the hands of white...
