Posted in books, fiction, reviews, tagged book review, Nino ricci, The Origin of Species on August 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A review of The Origin of Species by Nino Ricci
The Origin of Species captured the 2008 Governor Generals Literary Award for fiction (the second such win for Ricci, the first being his 1993 debut Lives of the Saints). It was a well-deserved honour. This dense, multi-faceted, sprawling, and thought-provoking tome explores the ideas of evolution, [...]
Posted in books, fiction, reviews, tagged David Wroblewski, Edgar Sawtelle on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A review of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
There has been a lot of hype around this debut novel by David Wroblewski, with comparisons to the classic American writers of the mid 1900s, and suggestions of the emergence of a new Steinbeck. Unfortunately, the excessive praise showered upon this work create unreasonable expectations [...]
