Love in this novel also does not possess the guarantee of being safe. When recently widowed journalist tim wakelin heads north in search of a story about a local healer named caroline troyer, he enters a world that is real yet. Greg hollingshead is an artisan of words and a master of atmosphere. White buick stories, oolichan books lantzville, british columbia, canada, 1992. A new collection of short fiction from the governor generals literary award winning author and scotiabank giller prize finalist greg hollingshead.
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Buy the healer by hollingshead, greg online on amazon. Greg hollingshead has published three novels and four story collections. Hollingshead has a way of making the ordinary buckle and twist into something quite bizarre. This seller has earned a 5 of 5 stars rating from biblio customers. Find great deals for the healer by hollingshead, greg hardback book the fast free shipping. His work has been shortlisted for allmajor fiction awards in canada, and his most recent novel, bedlam, wasshortlisted for the commonwealth writers prize for best book caribbean andcanada. Eric volmers, awardwinning writer greg hollingshead returns to short stories with new collection, act normal, calgary herald august 29, 2015, entertainment section. The healer novel, 1998 a grieving journalist arrives in a small mining town on the canadian shield to write a magazine article about a reputed healer.
The healer by greg hollingshead, january 1999, harpercollins publishers edition, in english. The idea came from noticing in accounts of mystics and ecstatics a kind of tragicomic distance between their experience and the understanding of. Troyer, paradoxically, is a faith healer without faith, close to despair herself underneath her rural stoicism. From the winner of canadas prestigious governor generals award for fiction comes a remarkable. Even the landscape itselfthe ancient rocks, myriad lakes, and cathedral forests of the canadian shieldbecomes a source of.
The healer by greg hollingshead, february 2000, perennial harpercollins edition, in english. Michael hingston, greg hollingshead comes home to short stories with act normal, edmonton journal september 17, 2015, entertainment section. The last time greg hollingshead published a book it was the roaring girl, a collection of stories that went on to win the 1995 governor generals award for fiction. A tale of mystery and healing from the canadian forests, where nature can be nasty and men can easily go mad.
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