Ive since learned that awardwinning author and historian charlotte gray will be championing jane urquharts novel, the canada reads 20 contender from ontario. Jane urquhart is the bestselling author of five internationally acclaimed, awardwinning novels. A woman runs away to a cottage in the english moors to escape a love affair. As a novelist, urquhart is well known for her evocative style which blends history with the present day. Buy the paperback book away by jane urquhart at indigo.
Jane urquhart, one of canadas best loved writers, was born in the north, in little longlac, ontario, and grew up in northumberland county and toronto. Charlotte gray is defending away during the canada reads debates, february 1114. While the characters lead very real and often very hard lives, they are also infused with the sense that they are living within a myth of their own creation. Jane urquharts novel about an irish family transitioning to life in canada was a contender on canada reads 20. Written by jane urquhart, audiobook narrated by michelle winters. Away by jane urquhart and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A teacher marries her, providing stability if not sanity, but the 1840s famines begin and the couple flee ireland with their child liam. Get to know the book from ontario, away by jane urquhart. Feb 07, 20 get to know the book from ontario, away by jane urquhart. So canada reads is a book riot event this year, yalls i laid out all the goodies in this post, and this is the second week of our sevenweek minispectacular. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Shelburne public library features the works of jane urquhart. She is also the author of a collection of short fiction, storm glass, and three books of poetry.
Away is a graceful and moving novel that unites the personal and the political and explores the most private, often darkest corners of our emotions where the things that root us to ourselves endure. She was the second of three children and the only daughter of marian quinn and walter carter, a prospector and mining engineer. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. A map of glass by jane urquhart nook book ebook barnes.
Urquhart returns once again to this literary landscape in her latest work, a melancholy history of a family of orchardists living on the north shore of lake erie. Jane urquhart, order of canada oc born june 21, 1949 is a canadian novelist and poet born in geraldton, ontario. Jane urquhart has 34 books on goodreads with 35693 ratings. The underpainter, winner of the governor generals award and a finalist for the rogers communications writers trust fiction prize. Away, which won the trillium award and was a finalist for. I started with away by jane urquhart for the simple reason that it comes first alphabetically. Like all her novels, this one is set in ontario and weaves together stories of the past and the present. The narrative unfolds with shimmering clarity, and takes us from the harsh northern irish coast in the 1840s to the quarantine stations at grosse isle and the barely hospitable land of the canadian shield. Like her protagonist, jane urquhart paints a landscape in her mind, so rich in colours and shades, and so full of life real and imagined, large as the ocean, minuscule as a tide pool and so intimate in the depiction of its human inhabitants with their deep connection to the land and the waters that sustain them. In the fall of 1997, her fourth novel, the underpainter, was published to wide critical acclaim, won the 1997 governor generals award, and became a fixture on the national bestseller lists.
See all books authored by jane urquhart, including the stone carvers, and away, and more on. The narrative unfolds with shimmering clarity, and takes. A strange irish girl is away ever since she lay beside a drowned man. Plus, fabulous quotes from away by jane urquhart and other recommendations. Stones resembling new potatoes have replaced the sandy beach, a grim joke in this impoverished area. The inception of jane eyres quest begins with her infancy and continues all throughout her adult life. But, i find myself musing, maybe a bit too much of a good thing. A canadian of irish descent, prizewinning author jane urquhart offers four generations of family history from. Carolyn from storygal, who will be discussing the best and worst of jane urquhart.
Jane urquhart s first three novels have recently been reprinted in beautiful new trade paperback editions. This article analyses the various connotations of the name of the protagonist in jane urquharts irishcanadian novel away, first published in 1993. They establish a homestead in a remote part of ontario where a baby girl, eileen, is born. The she is the author of seven internationally acclaimed novels entitled, the whirlpool, changing heaven, away, the underpainter, the stone carvers, a map of glass, and sanctuary line. Jane urquhart is one of my favourite authors, and this book is wonderful. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
Away was winner of the trillium book award and a finalist for the prestigious international impac dublin literary award. Narrated by liz crane, the last remaining member of the butler family, sanctuary line is a story of decay topographical, familial, and moral. Urquharts books because they are canadian not only in fact, but in psyche. Were onto away by jane urquhart 1993 now, which i think is probably the most famous of the selections this year a veritable classic of canadian, womens, and immigrant literature. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Explore a complete list of publications as well as scholarly articles, essays and interviews about janes. A stunning, evocative novel set in ireland and canada, away traces a familys. Away by jane urquhart incredible books from quercus books. For more information and broadcast times, visit cbc.
The narrative unfolds with shimmering clarity, and takes us. Jane urquhart is the author of five internationally acclaimed novels. Ive since learned that awardwinning author and historian charlotte gray will be championing jane urquhart s novel, the canada reads 20 contender from ontario. On raithlin, a small island off the northern irish coast, in the mid19th century, a young woman named mary is changed forever by a romantic, tragic encounter. Away, winner of the trillium award and a finalist for the prestigious international dublin literary award. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jane urquhart books online. The whirlpool entitled niagara in france, the first canadian book to win frances prestigious prix du meilleur livre etranger best foreign book award. Urquhart is the author of seven internationally acclaimed novels including. Written in sensuous, evocativeprose, away will confirm jane urquhart as one of the most accomplished novelists of our day. After reading away, and excited about meeting the internationally acclaimed author, jane urquhart, at our one book one community event some years ago, i requested her newest book, the stone carvers, as a christmas gift. She is the internationally acclaimed author of seven awardwinning novels, three books of poetry and numerous short stories. I am quite in awe of urquharts lyrically gifted writers voice. The whirlpool, which received le prix du meilleur livre etranger best foreign book award in france. Jane urquhart was born in the tiny mining town of little long lac, about 200 miles north of thunder bay, ontario.
A stunning, evocative novel set in ireland and canada, away traces a familys complex and layered past. Away is the irish term for being possessed by the spirits, and the spirit world is never far from urquharts tale. Jane urquharts the night stages, a novel of melancholy and missed chances. The skill of urquhart in away is phenomenal as she blends poetry, mythology, and hard realism into an engrossing family saga. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Brontes, jane eyre, is an autobiography that focuses jane eyres past and her search in finding love and acceptance. Turf wars kicked off last october, with book lovers and cbc listeners recommending titles for the 20 round of. This is a book that should be read on long, lazy afternoons as the story needs to take hold in your mind. With stunning virtuosity, the stories in jane urquharts dazzling first book of fiction unearth universal truths as they reach across countries and eras. The whirlpool, which received le more about jane urquhart.
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