The Law of Dreams

byPeter Behrens

August 1, 2007|
The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens
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Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction. Peter Behrens's bestselling novel is gorgeously written, Homeric in scope, and haunting in its depiction of a young man's perilous journey from innocence to experience.

The Law of Dreams follows Fergus O'Brien from Ireland to Liverpool and Wales during the Great Potato Famine of 1847, and then beyond -- to a harrowing Atlantic crossing to Montreal. On the way, Fergus loses his family, discovers a teeming world beyond the hill farm where he was born, and experiences three great loves.

PETER BEHRENS’ first novel, The Law of Dreams, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and has been published in nine languages. His collection of short stories, Travelling Light, was reissued in 2013, and his second novel, The O’Briens, was published in 2011. His stories and essays have appeared in the ...
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Title:The Law of Dreams
Format:Paperback
Product dimensions:408 pages, 8.25 X 5.56 X 1.28 in
Shipping dimensions:408 pages, 8.25 X 5.56 X 1.28 in
Published:August 1, 2007
Publisher:House Of Anansi Press Inc
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:All ages
ISBN - 13:9780887847745

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