Sid Marty
Auteur de Men for the Mountains
A propos de l'auteur
Sid Marty's work has appeared in Equinox, Canadian Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, and many Canadian anthologies and literary magazines. He is the author of four previous non-fiction books (Men for the Mountains, Switchbacks, A Grand and Fabulous Notion, and Leaning on the Wind) and three afficher plus collections of poetry. Sid Marty is the recipient of Alberta's 2008 Grant MacEwan Literary Award. He lives in the foothills of southwestern Alberta. afficher moins
Œuvres de Sid Marty
Auf Streifengang im Grisleyland 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1944
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Alberta, Canada
England, UK - Études
- Sir George Williams University
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 190
- Popularité
- #114,774
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 25
- Langues
- 1
The book has a casual, very pleasant voice, almost as though you are sitting by a fire listening to someone telling stories of their past. Other than chronologically moving to more modern times as the book progresses, there is little thread of a plot or direction to the book, the author talks about the past, plunges to the present then falls back to the past with ease.
A wistful environmental sentiment regarding life away from the big city, permeates the book. A desire for this life to continue is there too, though you know it has to change sometime soon.
A pleasant page turner and interesting glimpse into life in rural Alberta...without gory detail...a collection of fact and memory.… (plus d'informations)