Alistair Macleod - b. 1936
Born in Canada and raised in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Alistair MacLeod chooses the harsh landscape of Cape Breton as a setting for most of his stories. In so doing, he pays homage to the labouring inhabitants of the island, mostly miners and fishermen and their families, but also raises questions...
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| Những tác giả chính: | , |
| Định dạng: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Anglais |
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Journal of the Short Story in English
2008
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Tóm tắt: | Born in Canada and raised in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Alistair MacLeod chooses the harsh landscape of Cape Breton as a setting for most of his stories. In so doing, he pays homage to the labouring inhabitants of the island, mostly miners and fishermen and their families, but also raises questions about how individual destinies are formed in the web of strong family ties and tradition. His short stories were collected into two volumes, The Lost Salt Gift of Blood, published in 1976, and As B... |
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