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Winter, Michael, 1965-
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Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971 -- Fiction.
Illustrators -- Fiction.
Fishing villages -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Brigus (N.L.) -- Fiction.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
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Winter, Michael, 1965-
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971 -- Fiction.
Illustrators -- Fiction.
Fishing villages -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Brigus (N.L.) -- Fiction.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
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The big why / Michael Winter.
by
Winter, Michael, 1965-
House of Anansi Press, c2004.
Call #:
FICTION
WIN
Subjects
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
--
Fiction
.
Illustrators
--
Fiction
.
Fishing villages
--
Newfoundland and Labrador
--
Fiction
.
Brigus
(
N
.L.)
--
Fiction
.
Newfoundland and Labrador
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
0887841880
Description:
376 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
Passionate and witty faux memoir of Rockwell Kent, the famous illustrator of Moby Dick. Focusing on the year Kent and his family spent in
Brigus
, Newfoundland on the eve of the First World War, Winter offers up the private emotions of a man whose outer ambitions betray his inner feelings. Kent vows to be faithful to his wife, to live close to the sea, and document, through paintings and woodcuts, a picturesque land and society. But he also desires everything, including the young woman who cares for their children. His friend, the explorer Bob Bartlett, explains how the artist's beliefs and way of life run drastically against those of this small seafaring community. Funny, surprising, and thoroughly honest about our desires and contradictions, The Big Why bares all: it is about a man who was not fully understood or accepted in the time and place in which he lived. And it is about how we all try to find our place in the world, to gain wisdom, but in the end must humbly accept the transcendent fallout of our actions.
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Canadian
fiction
.
Historical
fiction
.
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