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The literary lineage of another acclaimed Canadian novelist, [Jane Urquart], who will join [Michael Ondaatje] at Writers' Week in March, can also be traced back to poetry. Urquart published three books of poems before publishing her first novel, The Whirlpool, which in 1992 became the first Can...
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| Published in | Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia : 1931) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Adelaide, S. Aust
Nationwide News Pty Ltd
19.01.2002
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| Summary: | The literary lineage of another acclaimed Canadian novelist, [Jane Urquart], who will join [Michael Ondaatje] at Writers' Week in March, can also be traced back to poetry. Urquart published three books of poems before publishing her first novel, The Whirlpool, which in 1992 became the first Canadian book to win France's Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (Best Foreign Book Award). With a poet's lyricism, Urquart tells her story in three parts, beginning in a backwoods Canadian community of immigrant Germans where Bavarian priest Archangel Gstir has been sent by God and "mad" King Ludwig to set up a new parish. Gstir recruits an old-world trained woodcarver, Joseph Becker, to create a crucifix for his magnificent church that sits on a high hill above the village. |
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| ISSN: | 1039-4192 |