Hockey Dreams
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
$39.30
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2018
Summary
A timeless reflection on hockey, not only as a sport, but as a lens through which to view a nation, Hockey Dreams by award-winning author David Adams Richards is now available as a Penguin Modern Classic.A timeless reflection on hockey, not only as a sport, but as a lens through which to view a nation from award-winning author David Adams Richards.With a voice as Canadian as winter, David Adams Richards reflects on the place of hockey in the Canadian soul.The lyrical narrative of Hockey Dream…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385690560 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0385690568 |
| Author: | David Adams Richards |
| Publisher: | Random House Canada |
| Imprint: | Doubleday Canada |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm |
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Critics Review
“Richards has used a novelist’s gift for character, dialogue and imagery to produce a touching portrait of hockey-crazed kids.” —Maclean’s
“A lyrical and unapologetically personal narrative about the place of the game in the Canadian psyche … [Richards] has raised the standard of hockey literature.” —Vancouver Sun
About The Author
David Adams Richards
DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS is one of Canada’s pre-eminent writers. His recent novels include Mary Cyr and Principles to Live By, as well as Crimes Against My Brother and Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul, both of which were longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Among his other novels, The Lost Highway was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize; The Friends of Meagre Fortune won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book; Mercy Among the Children won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Trillium Award. Richards is also the author of the celebrated Miramichi Triology and has written four bestselling books of nonfiction, Lines on the Water, God Is, Facing the Hunter and Hockey Dreams, and most recently the collection of essays Murder. In 2017, David Adams Richards was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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