Kenneth J. Harvey
Autor/a de The Town That Forgot How to Breathe
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: kingstonwritersfest.ca
Obres de Kenneth J. Harvey
Obres associades
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Harvey, Kenneth Joseph
- Data de naixement
- 1962-01-22
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Canada
- Lloc de naixement
- St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
- Llocs de residència
- Newfoundland, Canada
Burnt Head, Cupids, Newfoundland, Canada - Professions
- Writer
filmmaker - Relacions
- Harvey, Katherine Alexandra (daughter)
- Organitzacions
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
University of New Brunswick
Ottawa International Writers Festival
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Magic Realism (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 18
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 747
- Popularitat
- #34,028
- Valoració
- 3.2
- Ressenyes
- 31
- ISBN
- 48
- Llengües
- 5
As an adult, Blackstrap's body is a mass of scars accumulated through many life threatening episodes leaving him a damaged and angry man but we feel deep compassion for him. The purpose of the first section becomes clear in that we now understand his roots and the writer no longer has to dwell on the setting of Newfoundland, which is a character in its own right.
Blackstrap, likes his homeland is rugged, battered by life. His character will remain with me for some time, as will the landscape. The author has conveyed his deep love for this place and those intrepid, mainly Irish settlers, who made their home there.… (més)