Two Solitudes
by MacLennan, Hugh
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Two Solitudes, MacLennan, Hugh. Published by Collins, Toronto, 1945. First Edition. Original $3.00 price jacket flap. 370 pp. Burgundy cloth boards with silver text spine titles. Name and address to pastedown and otherwise volume is clean without tears or folds. Unclipped jacket in good condition with chips and tears.
First Canadian Edition of this 1945 Governor General's Award novel, a narrative of English and French Canada, an established classic in the Canadian canon. Hugh MacLennan (1907-1990) was a novelist, essayist and, professor and the first major English-speaking writer to attempt a portrayal of Canada's national character. He held a position of exceptional respect in Canada and was awarded the Order of Canada (1967) and the National Order of Quebec (1985); the Governor General's Literary Award 3 times for fiction and twice for nonfiction; and was the first Canadian to receive the Princeton University's James Madison Medal.
Synopsis
A major 20th century Canadian author, Hugh MacLennan was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, in 1907. His seven novels and many essays and travel books present a chronicle of Canada that often mediates between the old world of its European cultural heritage and the new world of American vitality and materialism. Among his many honours, he won five Governor General’s Awards. Hugh MacLennan died in Montreal in 1990.
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- Title
- Two Solitudes
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- MacLennan, Hugh
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- Hardcover
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