Matt Kavanagh reviews John Lanchester's British social novel CAPITAL in the Globe. The genre of social novel is one I have a particular interest in, and it's one whose relative lack in Canadian letters I comment on in an article that recently appeared in Canadian Notes and Queries. Canada has not produced many social novels about contemporary life, and it has certainly not produced any that can compete directly with the best of what has been published in the US or UK (the example I cite is THE CORRECTIONS). The issue here is not that there are no social novels in Canada, but that they either are about other cultures altogether (think of Mistry's oeuvre) or are not as deliberately ambitious as that published elsewhere.
Why does Canada not produce more social novels? Well, the question can be answered more easily if it is framed differently: the country is producing the novels ... it is just not publishing them.
(NB: For one response to CAPITAL -- both book and review -- read Kerry Clare's post.)
Conversations in the Book Trade: Books, art, art-books, and ... authorial movies.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Monday, February 04, 2013
New Interviews
It's been a while since I've posted anything at this site. However, at the new version of my blog I have interviews with rob maclennan, Kevin Connolly,, Brian Fawcett, Vera Bouchard, Bernard Anton, Chad Pelley and Heather Birrell.
You can check them out here.
You can check them out here.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Richard Harvor, 1963 - 2013
My dear and difficult brother died on January 6th. It's hard to express how eerie a form of heartbreak this is. Rest in peace, Richard. You'll always be in my thoughts.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Sunday, October 07, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Bernard Anton - poete, professeur, écrivain ( Plaidoyer pour la Terre et les Vivants)
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Tripping With My Wife - Tokyo Arrival [two]
http://youtu.be/cIh4ZJL2FDI
If you're interested in a detour, you can also link to it exactly the same way by going to my new site:
http://finnharvor.com/blog
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Business Army - One (YouTube)
The YouTube fermentation process has completed its yeasty cycle; I can now link to the upload of THE BUSINESS ARMY which is also below. However, this version has substantially clearer visuals.
Monday, September 10, 2012
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