The Words of My Roaring
The Words of My Roaring
Published on 1. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-88864-349-0 (ISBN)
Description
"I was electioneering. By God, people were listening. People were looking my way. And some joker with his arse begining to ache from sitting too long on a nail had to clear his throat and chip in, "Backstrom, what have you got to offer?" I looked at the speaker and saw he was a farmer and I said, "Mister, how would you like some rain?" A new edition of another classic from one of Canada's most enduring novelists. Introduction by Thomas Wharton.
Reviews / Votes
"Of all the writers working in Canada today, Robert Kroetsch is perhaps the one who exerts more quiet influence than any other--and on a national scale. A superb mentor, a wonderful editor, and tirelessly generous to the literary community, Robert Kroetsch is a truly outstanding model and mentor as an artist, an intellectual, and an educator. Hundreds of students and writers can attest to his influence." Aritha VanHerk, University of CalgaryMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edmonton
Canada
Product notice
With flaps
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88864-349-0 (9780888643490)
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Person
Born in Heisler, Alberta, Robert Kroetsch published his first novel, But We are Exiles in 1965, and his book The Studhorse Man (1969) won the Governor General's Award for Fiction. Throughout his career, he steadily elaborated his indelible mark on Canadian writing with his fiction, non-fiction, poetry, teaching, and scholarship.