Keith Maillard
Auteur de Gloria
A propos de l'auteur
Keith Maillard teaches creative writing at the University of British Columbia.
Séries
Œuvres de Keith Maillard
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Maillard, Keith
- Date de naissance
- 1942-02-28
- Sexe
- nonbinary
- Nationalité
- Canada (naturalized)
USA (birth) - Pays (pour la carte)
- Canada
- Lieu de naissance
- Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Wheeling, West Virginia, USA (birth)
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Études
- West Virginia University
Vancouver Community College (music) - Professions
- radio commentator (CBC Radio)
professor (University of British Columbia) - Organisations
- Writers' Union of Canada
Federation of BC Writers - Prix et distinctions
- West Virginia Library Association Literary Merit Award (2004)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 16
- Membres
- 332
- Popularité
- #71,553
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 42
- Favoris
- 3
This novel is rich with details about Polish-American life; from the food and the language, to the church and the history of the immigrants who settled in this corner of West Virginia, against the Oho river, and worked in the steel mills. One of the girls in the band has parents who were DPs, and the novel explores how this new wave of Polish immigrants fit in with the second and third generation immigrants, as well as what happened in eastern Poland during the war. The Vietnam War, along with the student protests are also a large part of the novel, as well as how the returning vets readjusted to ordinary life.
The Clarinet Polka is dense with information, but it never bogs down. Jimmy is interested in this stuff, so he makes it interesting for the reader. I found myself enjoying pages about the history of polka music, to the point where I more than once had to listen to some of it. I still don't like it at all, but I enjoyed learning about it - which isn't something I thought I would ever say. And Jimmy's story is interesting, too. He's a likable guy, slowly being taken over by his addiction, which was beautifully handled in the novel. All in all, The Clarinet Polka is a book well worth the time spent reading it.… (plus d'informations)