Michael Crummey
Auteur de Du ventre de la baleine
A propos de l'auteur
Michael Crummey was born in Buchans, Newfoundland, Canada on November 18, 1965. He received a BA in English from Memorial University in 1987. He pursued graduate work at Queen's University, but dropped out of the PhD program in 1989. In 1986, he entered and won the Gregory J. Power Poetry Contest afficher plus at Memorial University. He was first published in the St. John's-based literary mag TickleAce. In 1994, he won the inaugural Bronwen Wallace Award for Poetry. His first book of poetry, Arguments with Gravity, was published in 1996 and won the Writer's Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Poetry. His works include Hard Light, Emergency Roadside Assistance, and Flesh and Blood. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Michael Crummey
Viewfinder 2 exemplaires
Emergency Roadside Assistance 1 exemplaire
An Old Sailor's Portion (1932) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Telegrams from Home, Vol. 1 — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1965-11-18
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieu de naissance
- Buchans, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Buchans, Newfoundland, Canada
Wabush, Labrador, Canada
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada - Études
- Memorial University, Newfoundland (1987)
Queen's University at Kingston - Prix et distinctions
- Timothy Findley Award (2007)
Membres
Discussions
Canadian Author Challenge — April: Margaret Atwood & Michael Crummey à 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (Mai 2016)
Critiques
Listes
World Books (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 18
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 2,514
- Popularité
- #10,206
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 152
- ISBN
- 111
- Langues
- 5
- Favoris
- 12
Life is hard on his coastline. There is violence, sexual and otherwise. The character of Abe is cruel, unfeeling, as well as stupid and a poor businessman who is only held together by the Beadle (a kind of church/government leader who is the godfather of Abe). Widow Caines is only slightly more humane. A young boy, Solemn and his sister, Bride, work for her. Indentured servants arrive from England on their way to Australia who stay including a young boy branded as a thief, who becomes friends with Solemn and Bride. Strange story, not for everyone's taste, but well-written, believable in spite of the terrible things that are considered ordinary in this society. Times were hard, people were cruel!… (plus d'informations)