- Paperback: 311 pages
- Publisher: Lester & Orpen Dennys (April 18 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0886194032
- ISBN-13: 978-0886194031
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #282,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Norman Levine has never been particularly well known in Canada, which is a shame, for he has long been one of Canadian fiction's best ambassadors, with an enviable and impeccable reputation in Britain and Europe. By a Frozen River, a career-spanning selection of Levine's short stories, should eventually change this, for it is a delightful and powerful volume.
Levine's stories are nearly always semi-autobiographical, and By a Frozen River follows the shape of Levine's own life, from his RCAF service in the Second World War to his residence in St. Ives, Cornwall, and his eventual return to Canada. Levine is an intimate writer whose explorations of the lives of a writer's family and friends are devastatingly honest and finely wrought. Critics love to praise Levine's "spare prose," but this is misleading, for it suggests a Hemingway sound-alike, and Levine is nothing of the sort. He is not an artificially terse stylist, but a writer who employs a subtle restraint that gives his stories a rare power.
The cumulative effect of By a Frozen River is perhaps its finest aspect. Read consecutively, these stories become a kind of loose, erratic, stunning novel. Almost all of Levine's stories share the same quiet, keenly observant, slightly world-weary voice, and their characters are equally consistent and persistent. Nevertheless, each story has its own autonomy and carries a far greater weight than a single chapter of a novel. By a Frozen River is an essential collection, one which hopefully will reintroduce Levine's fiction to his own country. --Jack Illingworth
Book Description
This collection of short stories comes from one of Canada`s most celebrated authors. Norman Levine has been publishing fiction for the last 25 years. His stories have an international reputation and have been published and translated all over the world. Norman Levine has long been established as one of Canada`s best-known short story writers. His signature use of sparse prose and poetic language has lifted the art of short story writing to a higher form. Norman Levine`s stories have been translated in various languages throughout the world and have appeared in a wide variety of literary journals and magazines. By a Frozen River centers on the life of a Canadian writer living abroad who relives his youth through trips back to Canada and visits from various Canadian relatives. The narrator of these stories effortlessly recalls his past and the reader participates with pleasure in these journeys, sharing experiences of fulfillment, disappointment and nostalgia. One doesn`t easily leave Levine`s stories behind. As the narrator of "Champagne Barn" says in the concluding line: "I would carry that sound with me long after I left."
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