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Sweatman's writing flows as smoothly as a muscular northern river, with a stunning control of voice. She keeps the reader engaged every moment, introducing us to a company of intriguing characters, and makes good use of fastidious detail, as in this list of provisions for the ship: “Eighteen barrels of shot, five thousand needles, twenty blunderbusses, thirty muskets, and so on. Raisins, beer, prunes, peas, oatmeal, beef, etcetera. Pork. Thirty-seven pounds of tobacco …” The novel is also bursting with good humour and refreshing in its willful ignorance of political correctness. The Englishmen can never quite get Des Groseilliers's name correct, calling him every variation of “Gooseberries” possible. And when Lilly meets an Indian chief, these two skilled mimics go to town: “Lilly wiped her nose with the back of her hand and curtsied. The chief mimicked her, wiping his nose and making a most astonishing curtsy. She brightened. She curtsied with greater flourish. The savage copied her with perfectly gauged exaggeration.” Altogether, this frothy, tangy novel is tart as a green apple, far grittier and more realistic than costume dramas of the period available on TV and film. Ultimately, Sweatman creates a memorable female character making her way in a world of men: Lilly Cole, player, survivor, early Canadian. Notable Lists
Nominated, 2010 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction Two French explorers arrive in Court to charm two ships from the English King. The rest, as they say, is history...` Or perhaps not. Set in the libertine era of Restoration England, The Playersembarks on a voyage of discovery with compelling characters, a magical plot, and stunning imagery. A tale of beginnings and of invention, this remarkable novel takes on the 17th century with a contemporary sensibility. Here, the ability to perform -- in Court, on stage, in private quarters, and in the brutal cold of James Bay -- might save your life... and Lilly Cole must play along with the best of them. Sly, provocative, and ingeniously funny, Sweatman's prose explores the deep well of human motivation, how instinct trumps reason when survival is in question. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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