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Two solitudes / Hugh MacLennan ; afterword by Robert Kroetsch.
In his vivid portrayals of human drama in prewar Quebec, Hugh MacLennan focuses on two individuals whose love increases the prejudices that surround them until they discover that "love consists in this, that two solitudes protect, and touch and greet each other."
Record details
- ISBN: 9780771093586 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings). 517 p. ; 20 cm.
- Edition: New Canadian Library ed.
- Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2008, c2003.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | First published in 1945. |
| Awards Note: | Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, 1945. |
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| Subject: | Biculturalism > Canada > Fiction. Canada > English-French relations > Fiction. Québec (Province) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Canadian fiction. |
Available copies
- 10 of 11 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Radium Hot Springs Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radium Hot Springs Public Library | FIC MAC (Text) | 25130000006342 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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First time in the New Canadian Library
“Northwest of Montreal, through a valley always in sight of the low mountains of the Laurentian Shield, the Ottawa River flows out of Protestant Ontario into Catholic Quebec. It comes down broad and ale-coloured and joins the Saint Lawrence, the two streams embrace the pan of Montreal Island, the Ottawa merges and loses itself, and the main-stream moves northeastward a thousand miles to sea.”
With these words Hugh MacLennan begins his powerful saga of Athanase Tallard, the son of an aristo-cratic French-Canadian tradition, of Kathleen, his beautiful Irish wife, and of their son Paul, who struggles to establish a balance in himself and in the country he calls home.
First published in 1945, and set mostly in the time of the First World War, Two Solitudes is a classic novel of individuals working out the latest stage in their embroiled history.
