- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (May 25 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0771061420
- ISBN-13: 978-0771061424
- Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 20.6 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 798 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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#96,505 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7 in Books > Travel > Canada > Provinces > Newfoundland
- #69 in Books > History > Americas > Canada > Province & Local
- #72 in Books > History > Canada > Province & Local
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Greg Locke had been away from Newfoundland for years, working as a photojournalist in Canada, the United States, and in many of the world’s most troubled regions, when he decided to go home – and stay. The photographs in Newfoundland were taken over a period of more than a decade. They chronicle the passage of Canada’s easternmost province from a time when cod were still plentiful and the fishery shaped the lives of most of the island’s inhabitants, to the present, when a vibrant economy, propelled by oil and mineral development, is recasting the island’s identity in a new mould.
What Locke’s photographs reveal is at once forward-looking and nostalgic, beautiful and harsh. Above all, his Newfoundland ispopulated by survivors: a people who are resourceful, funny, resilient, and strong.
Poet and novelist Michael Crummey draws upon deep-seated memories of his own and of his father’s experience to evoke passing traditions and a disappearing way of life. But, just as Locke’s photographs reveal the emergence of a new, more urban and cosmopolitan Newfoundland, so does Crummey’s writing emphasize the continuing sense of belonging and the determination to persevere that are characteristic of his compatriots. He writes admiringly of a “culture deep enough to accommodate a world of influences without surrendering what makes it unmistakably of this place. Something alive and leaning towards the future.” This book embodies both a vision and a voice of rare power.
What Locke’s photographs reveal is at once forward-looking and nostalgic, beautiful and harsh. Above all, his Newfoundland ispopulated by survivors: a people who are resourceful, funny, resilient, and strong.
Poet and novelist Michael Crummey draws upon deep-seated memories of his own and of his father’s experience to evoke passing traditions and a disappearing way of life. But, just as Locke’s photographs reveal the emergence of a new, more urban and cosmopolitan Newfoundland, so does Crummey’s writing emphasize the continuing sense of belonging and the determination to persevere that are characteristic of his compatriots. He writes admiringly of a “culture deep enough to accommodate a world of influences without surrendering what makes it unmistakably of this place. Something alive and leaning towards the future.” This book embodies both a vision and a voice of rare power.
About the Author
Greg Locke (left) is a professional photojournalist and managing editor of the St. John’s weekly Sunday Independent. He is a founding member and director of PictureDesk International and currently sits on the board of the Canadian Association of Journalists.
Michael Crummey lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He is the author of three books of poetry, a book of short stories, and a novel, River Thieves, a national bestseller and a finalist for the Giller Prize.
Michael Crummey lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He is the author of three books of poetry, a book of short stories, and a novel, River Thieves, a national bestseller and a finalist for the Giller Prize.
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History Worth Knowing,
This review is from: Newfoundland: Journey into a Lost Nation (Hardcover)
Can the success of a book be measured by the strength of emotion that it evoked in its reader? If so, Crummey and Locke's collaborative effort is a success in the way that it made me want to know more about Newfoundland. Still, though, the book itself isn't great in every sense of the word, for Crummey's essay is a rambling, sometimes incoherent, mostly personal history, and Locke's pictures don't always capture the meaning that, I gather, they hold to Crummey and Locke. Writing and taking pictures of home can be a tricky thing because what's home to one is nothing to another. But with all that said: loads of the pictures are full of life, and though it seems to only scratch the surface of the history of Newfoundland, you come away feeling as if it is a history worth appreciating.
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