- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Cormorant Books Inc (Mar 4 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1897151721
- ISBN-13: 978-1897151723
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #513,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Approaching a scholar and critic as legendary as Northrop Frye is a daunting task - but not for Mel Montrose. Armed with a prestigious academic award and a nothing-to-lose attitude, she convinces Frye to supervise her ambitious thesis exploring E.J. Pratts epic poem about Jesuit missionary Jean de Brbeuf. To embark on her study, Mel takes a job at the newly reconstructed historical site at Sainte-Marie-amongthe-Hurons, where de Brbeuf and seven other missionaries met their tragic ends. But Mel soon learns that delving into Ontario history is no escape from her own when an obsessed admirer threatens to destroy her academic career.
About the Author
Sylvia Maultash Warsh was born in Stuttgart, Germany, and emigrated to Canada as a child. She is the author of three previous novels, has won the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and has been shortlisted for the ReLit Award and the Arthur Ellis Award. She lives in Toronto and teaches creative writing.
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Warsh does it again!,
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This review is from: The Queen of Unforgetting (Paperback)
Once again Sylvia Maultash Warsh has written a gripping novel which manages to be both informative and intelligent. Departing from her usual "mystery" genre this Edgar Allen Poe winner utilizes her familiar techniques of interweaving history with contemporary times ( in this case, the 1970's in Ontario Canada). The story revolves around Mel, an ambitious but confused graduate student who convinces the legendary Northrop Frye to become her Ph.D thesis supervisor. IHer thesis topic will explore E.J Pratt's epic poem, "Brebeuf and His Brethren." Well known academic figures of the '70's come alive in Warsh's depictions of them. But even more revealing are the book's core chapters as Mel becomes a guide at Ste- Marie Among The Hurons Mission site in order to glean more insight into the life and struggles of Jesuit Father Jean de Brebeuf and his companions. In her imagination she takes on the persona of the martyred missionary, giving the reader a glimpse of him in his humanity - a depiction which has clarity and authenticity. Tension builds as Mel is torn between coming to terms with who she really is (letting go of her "unforgetting") and the risks of exposure she faces from a jilted lover. Truly, a book to be savoured on lazy summer afternoons or frosty winter nights.
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