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  • Baltimore's Mansion

    A Memoir

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Winner of the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction • Finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and CBC Canada Reads • From the acclaimed author of Jennie’s Boy and The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Wayne Johnston's luminous Newfoundland memoir is a story of fathers and sons, exile and belonging, and reimagined national history—told with familial intimacy and ... Læs mere

    113,24 kr.

  • The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams

    Wayne Johnston is a brilliant and accomplished writer' Annie ProulxShortlisted for two major literary awards in Canada, Wayne Johnston's epic novel of his native Newfoundland has been universally praised in the United States and in Britain. Taking the career of Newfoundland's first premier, Joseph Smallwood, as its starting point, it is a mystery, a love story and a tragi-comic elegy to an ... Læs mere

    60,00 kr.

  • The Divine Ryans

    Wayne Johnston is Canada's Roddy Doyle" Anne-Marie McDonald, author of Fall Down on Your KneesYoung Draper Doyle Ryan lives in a most peculiar household. His relations, proudly eccentric and passionately Catholic, run a rather shabby newspaper, a funeral home, a convent and an orphanage. When they're not attending wakes or going to confession, they're watching Hockey Night in Canada, cheering for ... Læs mere

    60,00 kr.

  • Stuffed Animals

    A Collection of Microfiction

    Stuffed Animals is a collection of haunting, sparsely wrought micro fiction. Each story invites the reader in and then delights and torments them with surprises and plot twists. Whether you are in the mood for black humour, spine-tingling horror, or soul-wrenching tragedy, you will find it within these pages. While the stories explore a wide range of themes and genres, they share an interest in ... Læs mere

    44,76 kr.

  • The Custodian of Paradise

    A Novel

    A Book-of-the-Month Club "Best Novel of 2007."In the waning days of World War II, Sheilagh Fielding makes her way to a deserted island off the coast of Newfoundland. But she soon comes to suspect another presence: that of a man known only as her Provider, who has shadowed her for twenty years.Against the backdrop of Newfoundland's history and landscape, Fielding is a compelling figure. Taller than ... Læs mere

    206,36 kr.

  • Fat Is...

    There is no available information at this time. ... Læs mere

    36,25 kr.

  • Baltimore's Mansion

    I am foreborn of spud runts who fled the famines of Ireland in the 1830s, not a man or woman among them more than five foot two, leaving behind a life of beggarment and setting sail for what since Malory were called the Happy Isles . . .'So begins Baltimore's Mansion, Wayne Johnston's story of his grandfather Charlie, his father Arthur and of the small community of Ferryland on Newfoundland's ... Læs mere

    85,75 kr.

  • The Navigator Of New York

    At the centre of The Navigator of New York is the rivalry between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook to be the first American to reach the North Pole. Its protagonist, however, is Devlin Stead, a young man from St John's, Newfoundland.Devlin's mother dies, in mysterious circumstances, when he is only five, and he endures a lonely childhood before discovering the truth about his parentage. That ... Læs mere

    53,99 kr.

  • A World Elsewhere

    Landish Druken, son of a Newfoundland sealing captain, is a formidable figure - broader than most doorways, quick-witted and sharp-tongued. He turns his back on family tradition and leaves St John's to head to Princeton University, where he is befriended by 'Van' Vanderluyden, son of the wealthiest man in America. When Landish is betrayed by Van he is banished from Princeton and his hopes crumble ... Læs mere

    69,49 kr.

  • Human Amusements

    Offering further evidence of his astounding range as a novelist, the bestselling author of The Colony of Unrequited Dreamsand The Navigator of New York crafts a hilarious and moving paean to the dawn of the television age. Henry Prendergast grew up on television—not merely watching it, but starring in the wildly popular children’s show “Rumpus Room.” Cast in the roles of Bee Good and Bee Bad by ... Læs mere

    41,74 kr.

  • Lydbog

    The Colony of Unrequited Dreams

    Fortalt af Mary Lewis, Colin Furlong ...

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    18 timer 40 min

    Wayne Johnson’s epic portrait of passion and ambition, set against the beautiful, brutal landscape of Newfoundland. A mystery and a love story spanning five decades.In this widely acclaimed novel—hailed as a modern classic—Johnston (award-winning author of Jenny’s Boy and Custodian of Paradise) has created two of the most memorable characters in recent fiction: Joey Smallwood, who claws his way up ... Læs mere

    188,65 kr.

  • Lydbog

    First Snow, Last Light

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    14 timer 16 min

    From the author of the critically acclaimed, prizewinning and internationally bestselling The Colony of Unrequited Dreams comes an epic family mystery with a powerful, surprise ending, which features the return of the ever-fascinating Sheilagh Fielding, one of the most memorable characters in fiction.Ned Vatcher, only 14, ambles home from school in the chill hush that precedes the first storm of ... Læs mere

    141,49 kr.