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The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams (Newfoundland Trilogy #1)
by Johnston, Wayne
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0676971822
- ISBN 13
- 9780676971828
- Seller
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About This Item
Knopf Canada, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. New - Unread - 1St Edition - Signed - For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos. - In The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams, Wayne Johnston Transforms The Story Of Longtime Newfoundland Premier Joey Smallwood Into A Vastly Inventive Drama Of Ambition, History, And Landscape, Aided By The Entirely Fictional Creation Of Sheilagh Fielding: Unconsummated Love Interest, Eccentric Journalist, And A Character So Vivid And Singular That She Even Overshadows Smallwood Himself, One Of The True Originals Of Canadian History.
Extended Description and Notes
New - Unread - 1St Edition - Signed - For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos.
Synopsis
A mystery and a love story spanning five decades, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is an epic portrait of passion and ambition, set against the beautiful, brutal landscape of Newfoundland. In this widely acclaimed novel, Johnston has created two of the most memorable characters in recent fiction: Joey Smallwood, who claws his way up from poverty to become New Foundland's first premier; and Sheilagh Fielding, who renounces her father's wealth to become a popular columnist and writer, a gifted satirist who casts a haunting shadow on Smallwood's life and career.The two meet as children at school and grow to realize that their lives are irreversibly intertwined, bound together by a secret they don't know they share. Smallwood, always on the make, torn between love of country and fear of failure, is as reluctant to trust the private truths of his heart as his rival and savior, Fielding--brilliant, hard-drinking, and unconventionally sexy. Their story ranges from small-town Newfoundland to New York City, from the harrowing ice floes of the seal hunt to the lavish drawing rooms of colonial governors, and combines erudition, comedy, and unflagging narrative brio in a manner reminiscent of John Irving and Charles Dickens. A tragicomic elegy for the "colony of unrequited dreams" that is Newfoundland, Wayne Johnston's masterful tribute to a people and a place establishes him as a novelist who is as profound as he is funny, with an impeccable sense of the intersection WHERE private lives and history collide.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003462
- Title
- The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams (Newfoundland Trilogy #1)
- Author
- Johnston, Wayne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0676971822
- ISBN 13
- 9780676971828
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 562
- Keywords
- Canadian Literature, Historical, Cultural, Canada, Literary Fiction, Adult, Signed, Alternative History, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Fiction;
- X weight
- 1.2 kg
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