| Title | : | Two Solitudes (New Canadian Library) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.73 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0771093586 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2008-08-05 |
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First time in the New Canadian Library
“Northwest of Montreal, through a valley always in sight of the low mountains of the Laurentian Shield, the Ottawa River flows out of Protestant Ontario into Catholic Quebec. It comes down broad and ale-coloured and joins the Saint Lawrence, the two streams embrace the pan of Montreal Island, the Ottawa merges and loses itself, and the main-stream moves northeastward a thousand miles to sea.”
With these words Hugh MacLennan begins his powerful saga of Athanase Tallard, the son of an aristo-cratic French-Canadian tradition, of Kathleen, his beautiful Irish wife, and of their son Paul, who struggles to establish a balance in himself and in the country he calls home.
First published in 1945, and set mostly in the time of the First World War, Two Solitudes is a classic novel of individuals working out the latest stage in their embroiled history.
Editorial : "Canada should stage a coming-of-age party this year. We have produced two novels of the full stature of manhood including Hugh MacLennan's Two Solitudes Here is the substance of Canada, her countryside, her cities, her conflicting cultures, and, above all, her people."
"Two Solitudes is the most impressive book that comes within my range this year The general theme of the meeting of the two cultures is excellent."
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