Carl Jung encounters a remarkable man who seems to have lived for millennia in this "exhilarating . . . mystifying and expertly crafted" novel ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).On April 17, 1912—ironically, only two days after the sinking of the Titanic—a figure known only as Pilgrim tries to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree. When he is found five hours later, his heart miraculously begins to beat again. Pilgrim, it seems, can never...

Chef-d’œuvre de Timothy Findley, Guerres ausculte l’esprit, les pulsions et les peurs de Robert Ross, jeune canadien crédule parti se battre en 1915 sur le front belge. « Rien ne manque de l’habituel roman de guerre, les convois, les tranchées, les gaz, les attaques aériennes, les obus, les rats, les blessés et les morts, mais il y a autre chose. De haut, de loin, par-delà le temps, il y a ce que l’on peut voir à côté de la bataille et qui, chez Findley, est d’une surprenante diversité. Il...

Timothy Findley and the Aesthetics of Fascism: Intertextual Collaboration and Resistance investigates the troubling relationship between narrative meaning and representations of violence within Timothy Findley’s novels, throughout which writing and reading literature are portrayed as dangerous and political acts.Findley’s novels often expose the ideological underpinnings of the cultures in which they exist, compelling their readers to become politically active social criti...

Timothy Findley (1930-2002) was one of Canada’s foremost writers—an award-winning novelist, playwright, and short-story writer who began his career as an actor in London, England. Findley was instrumental in the development of Canadian literature and publishing in the 1970s and 80s.During those years, he became a vocal advocate for human rights and the anti-war movement. His writing and interviews reveal a man concerned with the state of the world,...

Timothy Findley (1930-2002) was one of Canada’s foremost writers—an award-winning novelist, playwright, and short-story writer who began his career as an actor in London, England. Findley was instrumental in the development of Canadian literature and publishing in the 1970s and 80s.During those years, he became a vocal advocate for human rights and the anti-war movement. His writing and interviews reveal a man concerned with the state of the world,...