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Sylvanus Now - Donna Morrissey
Sylvanus Now
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"Breathtakingly beautiful."—Alistair MacLeodOn Canada's Atlantic coast at the edge of the great Newfoundland fishing banks of the 1950s, Sylvanus Now is a handsome and willful fisherman. His youthful desires are simple: he wants a suit to lure a girl—the fine-boned beauty Adelaide—and he knows... show more
"Breathtakingly beautiful."—Alistair MacLeodOn Canada's Atlantic coast at the edge of the great Newfoundland fishing banks of the 1950s, Sylvanus Now is a handsome and willful fisherman. His youthful desires are simple: he wants a suit to lure a girl—the fine-boned beauty Adelaide—and he knows exactly how much fish he has to catch to pay for it. Adelaide, however, has other dreams. She longs to escape the sea, the fish, and the stultifying community, but her need for refuge from her own troubled family leads her to Sylvanus and life in the neighboring port. Through this story of love, loss, and facing the inevitabilities of life in a floundering community, the sea is a potent presence, modernization ravaging its shores and bringing it to the cusp of cataclysmic change. Ultimately, Sylvanus Now is a story of redemption against all odds "in a world vanished, but brought vividly back to life in Morrissey's caring hands" (Quill and Quire).
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780393328691 (0393328694)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
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3.0 Sylvanus Now: A Novel
Despite this book having, let's face it, a quite dark tone, I really enjoyed it. I read it for a Canadian Lit class at university and I'm really glad I did. Morrissey knows how to create complex and vivid characters as well as settings. I've heard there's a sequel but I have not yet read it.
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