The Sentimentalists
“The writing here is trip-wire taut as the exploration of guilt, family, and duty unfolds.” —2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury
“The writing here is trip-wire taut as the exploration of guilt, family, and duty unfolds.” —2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9781554470785
Publish date: 01-01-1970
Publisher: Gaspereau Press
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
War,
Contemporary,
Canada,
Canadian Literature,
Fiction
While I recognize that this book was very well written, and deserving of its accolades, I found the style of it to be very distancing. Maybe intentionally. Though there were moments that struck me fiercely ("To think that despite our best intentions we may, in the end—and necessarily—leave the peopl...