77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Canada
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2019
- Category
- Canadian, Native American, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781443459457
- Publish Date
- Sep 2019
- List Price
- $13.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781443459440
- Publish Date
- Sep 2019
- List Price
- $19.99
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Description
Timely, important, mischievous, powerful: in a word, exceptional
Seventy-seven poems intended as a eulogy for what we have squandered, a reprimand for all we have allowed, a suggestion for what might still be salvaged, a poetic quarrel with our intolerant and greedy selves, a reflection on mortality and longing, as well as a long-running conversation with the mythological currents that flow throughout North America.
About the author
Thomas King, who is of Cherokee and Greek descent, is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, scriptwriter, and photographer. His first novel, Medicine River, won several awards, including the PEN/Josephine Miles Award and the Writers Guild of Alberta Award, and was shortlisted for the 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. It was also made into a CBC television movie. Green Grass, Running Water, his second novel, was shortlisted for the 1993 Governor General's Award and won the 1994 Canadian Authors Award for fiction. His highly praised short story collection, One Good Story, That One, was a Canadian bestseller, and his collection of Massey Lectures, The Truth About Stories, won the 2003 Trillium Book Award. He has also written three acclaimed children's books: A Coyote Columbus Story, Coyote Sings to the Moon, and Coyote's New Suit. Thomas King lives in Guelph, Ontario, and is an Associate Professor of English (teaching Native literature and creative writing) at the University of Guelph.
Awards
- Nelson Ball Prize
- Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for Poetry
Editorial Reviews
“King revels in . . . juxtaposition, putting beauty beside terror and horror next to humour, often with great skill.” — Winnipeg Free Press
