The Wars
by Findley, Timothy
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- Hardcover
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
The Wars, Findley, Timothy. Published by Penguin Canada, Toronto, 2002. 12mo up to 7½" tall. 224pp. 12mo. Black boards, grey titles front and spine, illustrated end papers. Contents are in fine, unread condition with a tiny and light mark to outside bottom edge; housed in a fine jacket.
Findley's 1977 novel about the mental and physical destruction of a young Canadian soldier in the First World War won the Governor General's Literary Award for English Language Fiction. It is widely regarded as one of the country's definitive historical war novels. It has been called "one of the most remarkable novels of war ever published" and "the finest historical novel ever written by a Canadian." The Globe and Mail referred to The Wars as "the great Canadian novel about the First World War."
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- Bookseller
- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
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- 4892
- Title
- The Wars
- Author
- Findley, Timothy
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- 12mo
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