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1lilithcat
Dez. 12, 2006, 10:06 am

Rather than clutter up another group's chat page, I thought I'd create this "Reading Canada" group. If anyone would like to translate the group's name and description into French, it would be much appreciated. (You can post it here, or leave it for me as a comment, and I'll edit the description.)

Enjoy!

2hazelk
Dez. 12, 2006, 10:17 am


The three Canadian authors I read are Alice Munro, Atwood (of course) and Carol Shields although I believe she wasn't born in Canada. However, I don't know 'where' in Canada to place them. Please excuse my English ignorance.

3rebeccanyc
Dez. 12, 2006, 10:24 am

In addition to Atwood and Alice Munro, I've read/am reading the wonderful Mavis Gallant and have also read, although not recently, most of Mordechai Richler. I wonder if there are a lot of male Canadian writers; with the exception of Richler, all the ones I've ever heard of are women (probably my ignorance).

4lilithcat
Dez. 12, 2006, 11:47 am

>3 rebeccanyc:

Definitely give Robertson Davies a try. I was introduced to him by a Canadian friend, and my immediate reaction was "Where has he been all my (reading) life?"

5rebeccanyc
Dez. 12, 2006, 12:00 pm

Actually, as soon as I posted #3 and went to the Ontario group, I realized I did read something by Robertson Davies maybe 10 or 15 years ago, and didn't like it. (In fact, I didn't like it so much that I actually gave it away when I sadly had to prune some of my library to make room on the shelves.) Maybe I'll give him another try; is there a particular book or books you would recommend?

6lilithcat
Bearbeitet: Dez. 12, 2006, 12:08 pm

The first one I read was Leaven of Malice, which is actually the second novel of the Salterton trilogy (all of which I liked very much). I wasn't as fond of the Deptford trilogy. The collection of short stories I mentioned in the Ontario thread, High Spirits, is wonderful - highly amusing send-up of academia.

7GirlFromIpanema
Dez. 12, 2006, 4:27 pm

:-)
I love it how suddenly these geographical groups start popping up after the start of "Reading the States" (I started one myself for Germany). I'll surely be back to check out the threads here, my interest being the Arctic, of which Canada has a lot to offer.

8lilithcat
Dez. 12, 2006, 4:37 pm

> 7

Me, too! I think I shall have to start one for Italy, as I'm going to Venice in February. Though I already have an immense stack of books people have given me, I can always use additional recommendations!

9tripleblessings
Mai 17, 2007, 9:48 pm

I belong to another LT group called "Canadian Bookworms", where there is a thread for mystery/crime novels set in every Canadian province. Maybe some people here can add a few more to that list?

10gregtmills
Jun. 30, 2007, 1:08 am

I am a Californian by birth and address, but I believe I am a Canadian by nature, if only because my inordinate fascination with The Beachcombers.

Canadians I have read... well, gee, I think I've read a lot. I'm not sure. It's all relative.

Um...here goes:

Farley Mowat
Mordecai Richler
Tom Green (I read his autobiography. I didn't say I was particularly picky in my reading of Canadian authors)
Will Ferguson
John Kenneth Galbraith Did you know he wrote a mostly okay comic novel?
Saul Bellow
William Gibson
Michael Oaaannnnttttaaajjjjbbbbeeeee
Leonard Cohen
Robert Young Pelton
Margaret Atwood
Douglas Coupland (Does he count? Or has he gone through MelGibsonization?)
Marshall MacLuhan

Okay, so it wasn't all that many. I will try harder.

Books about Canada I have read:
The Canadians
Maple Leaf Rag
Canadian History for Dummies
Why I Hate Canadians (It was written by a Canadian, so I think it's okay. It's not, like racist or anything.)
Oh, Canada! Oh, Quebec!

Could anyone recommend any good books on recent Canadian history?