The Wreckage
by CRUMMEY, Michael
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 038566060X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385660600
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Synopsis
Born and raised in Newfoundland, Michael Crummey spent his early years moving from one mining town to another. He began in Buchans in the province’s interior then moved to Wabush, Labrador – a small town near the Quebec border. He was the second of four boys in a particularly tight-knit and raucous household. Self-conscious of his literary aspirations, Crummey left for St. John's to study English at Memorial University. Undertaking an English degree was, he once reported, an attempt "to feel connected to the whole idea of writing without admitting to anybody what I wanted to do was write." Admitting your weakness, however, is the first step towards recovery. Crummey began writing poetry and in 1986 won his first award at Memorial University. In 1994, after years of publishing in magazines he won the inaugural Bronwen Wallace Award for Poetry, a national award for writers not yet published in book form. Appropriately he followed up with his first book of poetry Arguments with Gravity in 1996. Emergency Roadside Assistance and Hard Light came shortly after and his latest poetry title Salvage , appeared in 2002. Not satisfied with poetry alone, Crummey tried his hand at fiction. It was a wise decision. In 1994, his first published fiction was a runner up in the 1994 Prism International Short Fiction Contest, and a story was selected for the Journey Prize Anthology in 1998. Flesh & Blood , his first collection of stories, appeared the same year. His most notable achievemen – both critical and commercial – came with River Thieves published in 2001. Crummey wrote of his experience writing the novel, "I would have to admit I had no real idea what I was doing through most of it," and swore he would never attempt another. His blind effort was not without reward. The novel was a national bestseller and short-listed for the Giller Prize. It also made its way to publishers in the US, UK, and Europe. Crummey happily broke his vow not to write another novel, and The Wreckage was published in August 2005. Crummey lives in St. John's, Newfoundland. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 147289
- Title
- The Wreckage
- Author
- CRUMMEY, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 038566060X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385660600
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Canadian literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Literature;
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