Darcie Friesen Hossack
Auteur de Mennonites Don't Dance
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- female
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- British Columbia, Canada
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- Darcie Friesen Hossack is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers, where she was mentored by Giller Prize finalist Sandra Birdsell (The Russlander, Children of the Day). Her stories have appeared in publications such as Half in the Sun (Ronsdale Press), an anthology of Mennonite literature; Rhubarb Magazine; and Prairie Journal. Mennonites Don’t Dance collects a number of these acclaimed tales, including “Year of the Grasshopper,” which was nominated for the prestigious Writers’ Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize, and “Dandelion Wine”and “Ashes,” which were both finalists in UBC-Okanagan’s Okanagan Short Fiction Contest
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- 25
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- #508,561
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This is a book of short stories, all of which are set on the Canadian Prairies, mostly on farms run by Mennonite families.
I enjoyed this more than most short story collections. The first couple weren't as interesting to me, but they got better, I thought. I loved that one later story brought me up to date on the characters from one of the earlier stories. My dad's family is Mennonite, so of the Mennonite references, I mostly just caught the food, but that was kind of fun for me, too. I also recognized some of the little German/Mennonite towns in Saskatchewan, as it was where Dad grew up.… (plus d'informations)