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Man to Call My Own by
Johanna Lindsey in Books
~ Twists and turns galore and a Wild West setting make for a delightful
romp by veteran romance writer Lindsey. Identical twin heiresses Marian
and Amanda are as different as night and day. Amanda has been spoiled
rotten by their father; Marian has... |
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Best Fiction of 2002 |
| When
news reports described the "gasps and squeals of delight" that followed
the announcement of
Lisa Moore's
Giller Prize nomination for
Open, we weren't surprised to hear it. Her stories are electric
with the intensity of the lived and observed moment, and they evoke a
passionate response.
Open leads the list of our
top 25 fiction picks for the year. |
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Mount Appetite by
Bill Gaston in Books |
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Open by
Lisa Moore in Books |
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Saints of Big Harbour by
Lynn Coady in Books |
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The Crimson Petal and the White
by
Michel Faber in Books |
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The Last Crossing by
Guy Vanderhaeghe in Books |
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By Margaret Atwood |
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dystopian speculations of
Margaret Atwood's
new novel,
Oryx and Crake, have led many readers back to the brilliantly
imagined near-future of perhaps her best-known book,
The Handmaid's Tale. Whether she is venturing into the future,
excavating the past (in
Alias Grace), or vivisecting the present (in
The Edible Woman and many others), her wit and moral
incisiveness have made her Canada's most important writer, at home and
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East of Eden (Oprah's Book Club)
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John Steinbeck in Books |
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Hey Nostradamus! by
Douglas Coupland in Books |
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Life of Pi by
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Oprah's Book Club® Is Back! |
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Save 40% now on her first choice:
John Steinbeck's
East of Eden. |
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Due Preparations for the Plague
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Janette Turner Hospital in Books |
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The Bug by
Ellen Ullman in Books |
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Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel
Award |
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shortlist for the 2002 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award,
selected by former winner
W.P. Kinsella,
includes
Clint Hutzulak's
The Beautiful Dead End and these other fine Canadian debuts: |
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Crow Lake by
Mary Lawson in Books |
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Cumberland by
Michael V. Smith in Books |
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Heave by
Christy Ann Conlin in Books |
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Spelling Mississippi by
Marnie Woodrow in Books |
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Stay by
Aislinn Hunter in Books |
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Nobel Prize |
| In
awarding Hungarian writer
Imre Kertész
the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee cited in
particular his "first and decisive work,"
Fateless. That novel, about his experience in Auschwitz, is
available in English, along with
Kaddish for a Child Not Born. |
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The 2002 Literary Awards |
| It's
been an exciting and surprising award season, with
Yann Martel,
an unheralded Canadian, winning the Man Booker Prize for his enchanting
Life of Pi and the two major Canadian fiction awards going to
long shots as well: the Giller Prize to
Austin Clarke
for
The Polished Hoe and the Governor General's Award for fiction to
70-year-old first-time author
Gloria Sawai
for her story collection
A Song for Nettie Johnson. But don't ignore the bridesmaids. You
can still see the lists of nominees for the Booker (the
shortlist and the
longlist), the
Giller, and the Governor General's Awards for
fiction,
poetry,
drama, and
translation. |
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