My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries, and

My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries, and Preoccupations (Directions)
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Master storyteller Howard Norman draws on more than 30 years of visiting Nova Scotia for this remarkable ''book of selective memories.'' Combining stories, folklore, memoir, nature, poetry, and expository prose, the chapters ofÂ My Famous EveningÂ ''may be seen as intersecting facets of reminiscence; there are certain refrains, themes, and preoccupations and I placed birds into as many of the book's nooks and crannies as possible.'' His goal: to portray the emotional dimensions of his experience.

Illustrated with photographs from Norman's own collection, this book offers a delightful, witty, and characteristically quirky take on a curious and beguiling region.

Read the story of Marlais Quire, a young woman who scandalously left her home in Nova Scotia in 1923 to travel to New York in an ill-fated attempt to attend a public reading by Joseph Conrad. Enjoy the delightful ''Birder's Notebook,'' a collection of stories about the Mi'kmaq cultural hero, Glooskap, and an account of Leon Trotsky's 1915 visit to Halifax, after a year in exile in New York, ''on his way to the October Revolution.'' For Norman, Nova Scotia is a place that provides a deep calm but also a ''sudden noir of the heart.''
Country USA
Brand National Geographic
Manufacturer National Geographic
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 6ill.
ReleaseDate 2004-03-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780792266303

Country	USA
Brand	National Geographic
Manufacturer	National Geographic
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	6ill.
ReleaseDate	2004-03-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780792266303

My Famous Evening: Nova Scotia Sojourns, Diaries, and Preoccupations (Directions)

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