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Œuvres de Rosemary Nixon

Kalila (2011) 28 exemplaires
Are You Ready to be Lucky? (2013) 9 exemplaires
The Cock's Egg (1994) 2 exemplaires
Jonah (Work with the Word) (1987) 1 exemplaire

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Sexe
female
Nationalité
Canada
Courte biographie
Nixon has taught creative writing at the University of Calgary, Chinook College, and Sage Hill Writing Experience. She was Canadian Writer-in-Residence for the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Programme and is now Writer-in-Residence at the University of Windsor.

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Very interesting format to this book -- a novel told through a series of connected short stories. Not 100% my thing, but very good for people more into literary-type stuff.
 
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annhepburn | Mar 4, 2018 |
It was by pure chance that I picked this book up from work one day. Honestly, it was the feel of the paper that caught my attention--I love books printed on thick luxurious pages. Told through a series of short chapters of varying narrative viewpoints, Kalila is the story of a child's birth that didn't go as expected. Her parents must each cope with the devastation of their daughter's barrage of health problems, and adapt to a new form of family life between home and the natal intensive care unit of the hospital. The prose was raw and emotional, yet almost lyrical in its brief, staccato sentences. Poignant and heartbreaking, I wept throughout my reading of the novel and am honestly at a loss over whom I could recommend it… (plus d'informations)
 
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LoveOfMuffins4820 | 14 autres critiques | Mar 23, 2015 |
Kalila is tightly drawn. The prose is exact. The chapters are often only two pages long, never lengthy. The point-of-view shifts, offering multiple perspectives from which the reader can assemble their own experience of the events. It is vivid and bold, but not distanced. It is heartful, but not indulgently sentimental. Rosemary Nixon has produced a fine work of fiction.

This work is discussed in detail on BuriedInPrint.… (plus d'informations)
 
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buriedinprint | 14 autres critiques | Oct 6, 2012 |
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Holy depressing Batman. This is not a book to read if you are in a low point in your life. The characters were well written and the story was provoking but it sure dragged me down into the dumps. Perhaps that's a sign that it was written really well?
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Dgmknzgrl | 14 autres critiques | Apr 20, 2012 |

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Œuvres
6
Membres
282
Popularité
#82,539
Évaluation
3.9
Critiques
17
ISBN
10

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