Canadian Canon - Big List, Big Country!
Vladimir Putin recently introduced the idea of a Russian Canon - a list of 100 works of Russian literature that would be integrated with Russia's education system. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/26/vladimir-putin-book-russian-canon That got me thinking about a Canadian Canon... (Right now, the list is in no particular order and is not quite finished.)
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Roughing It In The Bush Penguin Black Classics Edition
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The Stone Angel
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Z
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Galore
A novel
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In the Skin of a Lion
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Deptford Trilogy
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Kamouraska
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The Hidden Room
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Beautiful Losers
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The Selected Stories of Mavis Gallant
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Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
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Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing
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Les Belles Soeurs
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Obasan
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Black Robe
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The Diviners
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The Last Spike
The Great Railway, 1881-1885
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No Logo
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The Jade Peony
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Green Grass, Running Water
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Leaving Home
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Three Day Road
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Land to Light On
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