Facing the hunter : reflections on a misunderstood pursuit / David Adams Richards.

Title
  1. Facing the hunter : reflections on a misunderstood pursuit / David Adams Richards.
Published by
  1. [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, c2011.
Author
  1. Richards, David Adams

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Description
  1. 213 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
  1. David Adams Richards takes us behind his gun and into the Canadian forest for his most powerful work of non-fiction yet. David Adams Richards has been writing a kind of memoir by other means. Facing the Hunter explores the meaning of a sport and the way in which it touches lives, not least that of the author. And as with God Is, his recent book about his faith, it is also an impassioned defence of a set of values and a way of life that Richards believes are under attack. Lovers of David Adams Richards' novels will be fascinated and enlightened to note the interplay between his former life as a keen hunter - he hunts less and less these days, as he explains - and the narratives and characters of his fiction. But this is also a perfect stating point for anyone coming new to Richards. The storytelling in this book, the evocation of the Canadian wild and those who venture into it, the sheer power of the prose, show a great writer at the height of his powers.
Subject
  1. Richards, David Adams
  2. Richards, David Adams, 1950-
  3. Hunting > Canada
  4. Hunters > Canada > Anecdotes
  5. Outdoor life > New Brunswick
  6. Authors, Canadian (English) > Biography
  7. Chasse > Canada
  8. Chasseurs > Canada > Anecdotes
  9. Plein air > Nouveau-Brunswick
  10. Écrivains canadiens-anglais > Biographies
Genre/Form
  1. Anecdotes
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
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