tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post111773499378033214..comments2024-03-21T12:51:21.667-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Whisky Prajer's List of Five Heartbreaking Works of Staggering (Canadian) Geniusdpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1117881977733717442005-06-04T06:46:00.000-04:002005-06-04T06:46:00.000-04:00I was within a hair's breadth of listing Ondaatje'...I was within a hair's breadth of listing Ondaatje's <EM>In The Skin Of A Lion</EM>, instead of Callaghan's delicious little memoir. In that case, I followed my oh-so-Canadian instincts, and listed the lesser-known. Wayne Johston's <EM>Colony of Unrequited Dreams</EM> is very, very good, but I'm not sure I could shoehorn him into a list of only five books. Ditto, Ms. Toews. Also, I'm told by my Steinbach informant that Ms. Toews is currently on an international tour of countries who have translated and published her work, including Japan and China. This tour is slated to conclude with a public reading at the Roman Collosseum, where she will be opening for Salman Rushdie. Since Ms. Toews is but one slender degree removed from her creation No-Me's fondest desire of becoming Lou Reed's first Mennonite consort, she needs no more publicity help from me!Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1117811961548009892005-06-03T11:19:00.000-04:002005-06-03T11:19:00.000-04:00Whew!? Great pair of posts here. You're truly a ...Whew!? Great pair of posts here. You're truly a font of unfamiliar authors. Intriguing one sentence reviews which are enough, at least for me, to at least do a cursory 25-30 page scouting trip.<BR/>Just wondering. Ondaatje, Johnston, & my current fav. (thanks to one of your previous entries), Toews? No mention since they're better known, or are both of your lists here living things to be added onto?DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.com