From the Publisher
Winner of the 2007 B.C. Award for Canadian
Non-fiction
A Globe and Mail Best 100 Book (2006)
National Post Best Books (2006)
A bold cultural portrait of contemporary Canada through the work of
its most celebrated novelists, short story writers, and
storytellers.
Stories are the surest way to know a place, and at a time when the
fabric of the country seems daily more uncertain, Noah Richler
looks to our authors for evidence of the true nature of Canada. He
argues why fiction matters and seeks to discover - in the
extra-ordinary diversity of communities these writers represent -
what stories, if any, bind us as a nation.
Over two years, Richler has criss-crossed the country and
interviewed close to one hundred authors - a who's who of Canadian
literature, including Wayne Johnston, Michael Crummey, Alistair
MacLeod, Gil Courtemanche, Jane Urquhart, Joseph Boyden, Miriam
Toews, Yann Martel, Fred Stenson, Douglas Coupland, and Rohinton
Mistry - about the places and ideas that are most meaningful to
their work. The result is a journey through the reality of Canada
and its imagination at a critical point in the country's evolution.
Within thematic chapters he exposes our "Myths of Disappointment"
and considers the stories of our native peoples, the rise of the
city, and how our history as a colony shapes our society and
politics even today.
This Is My Country, What''s Yours? is an impassioned
literary travelogue and a vivid portrayal of our society, the work
of Canadian authors, and the idea of writing itself.
This Is My Country, What''s Yours? is based on Noah
Richler's ten-part documentary of the same name originally
broadcast on CBC Radio's flagship Ideas program in spring
2005.
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Noah Richler made documentaries and features for
BBC Radio for fourteen years before returning to Canada in 1998. He
was the books editor and then the literary columnist for the
National Post, and has contributed to numerous
publications in Britain, including the Guardian,
Punch, the Daily Telegraph, and in Canada to
The Walrus, Maisonneuve, Saturday Night,
the Toronto Star, and the Globe and Mail. A
Literary Atlas of Canada is his first book. He lives in
Toronto.
From the Hardcover edition.
Format: Trade Paperback
Published: May 29, 2007
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Language: English
The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10: 0771075375
ISBN - 13: 9780771075377
