 | Vintage Book of Canadian Memoirs |
Book overview
Editor George Fetherling, himself the author of an acclaimed memoir,Travels by Night: A Memoir of the Sixties, has selected twenty-four literary memoirs by well-known Canadian writers for this unique and timely anthology. Michael Ondaatje'sRunning in the Family, Margaret Atwood'sRemembering Marian Engel, Timothy Findley'sFrom Stage to Page, and Mordercai Richler'sA Sense of the Ridiculousare just a few of the fascinating selections. George Fetherling's lively and thoughtful introduction sheds light on the characteristics that make the memoir genre so unique, a genre for which Canadians seem to have a particular passion. The anthology is divided into four thematically grouped sections, each with its own preface written by the editor At Home and Abroad; Getting Started; Uprootedness and Family; and Tragedies, Choices and Losses. There is also a comprehensive bibliography.
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