Other Voices, Other Routes.(Confluences 2: Essays on the New Canadian; A Mariner's Guide to Self Sabotage Literature)

Other standouts include the touching yet oddly mischievous farewell in "Drilling a Hole in Your Boat" (ostensibly the source of the collection's title) and "Carla's Dead Wife," in which revealing a long-held secret may have catastrophic results for an already volatile f...

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Published inCanadian Literature no. 236; pp. 113 - 183
Main Author Majer, Krzysztof
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Vancouver The University of British Columbia - Canadian Literature 22.03.2018
Pacific Affairs. The University of British Columbia
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Authorship
Brand, Dionne (1953- )
Canadian literature
Clarke, Austin (1934-2016)
Essays
Foster, Cecil
Gothic fiction
Kogawa, Joy
Literary characters
Narrative techniques
Ondaatje, Michael (1943- )
Writers
Poland
Canada
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Summary:Other standouts include the touching yet oddly mischievous farewell in "Drilling a Hole in Your Boat" (ostensibly the source of the collection's title) and "Carla's Dead Wife," in which revealing a long-held secret may have catastrophic results for an already volatile family reunion. [...]A Mariner's Guide to Self Sabotage is further proof that one of the most talented Canadian storytellers is still fully in control of his craft, and as deserving as ever of the most prestigious literary prizes, as he continues to mark out his own, singular routes. Where Confluences 1 highlighted the work of, among others, Michael Ondaatje, Hiromi Goto, Austin Clarke, Rohinton Mistry, and Anita Rau Badami, here-in addition to the author of The Book of Secrets- the essays deal with the writing of Dionne Brand, Wayson Choy, Ramabai Espinet, Cecil Foster, Rabindranath Maharaj, Joy Kogawa, and Shauna Singh Baldwin.
ISSN:0008-4360