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A powerful and unforgettable tale of the violence lurking at the heart of the world, richard fords canada will resonate long and loud for readers of stark and sweeping novels of american life. Canada by ford, richard and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Canada, a novel by richard ford the new york times. Fifty north american stories since 1970, and the sportswriter, and more on. Read canada online by richard ford books free 30day trial. Richard ford is taking a risk, no doubt, in giving his latest novel, set largely in saskatchewan, the title canada. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. See all books authored by richard ford, including the scribner anthology of contemporary short fiction.
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A true masterwork of haunting and spectacular vision from one of our greatest writers, canada is a profound novel of boundaries traversed, innocence lost and reconciled, and the mysterious and. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading canada. The vast prairies of saskatchewan, where one can easily be unimaginably bored are the perfect setting for richard fords canada. Pulitzer prize winning author richard ford sits down with wsjs barabara chai to talk about his is new novel canada, his first book in six years. A powerful and unforgettable tale of the violence lurking at the heart of the world, richard fords canada will resonate long and loud for readers of stark and sweeping novels of american life, from the novels of cheever and carver to the works of philip roth, charles frazier, richard russo, and jonathan franzen. So, tantalisingly, begins richard fords seventh novel, canada, a big book that takes its time to tell the story of how 15yearold dell parsonss life was temporarily derailed by a single. Richard ford returns with one of his most powerful novels yetford has never written bettercanada is richard fords best book since independence day, and despite its robbery and killings it too depends. The book also revisits great falls, montana, a setting that ford frequently uses in his work.
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