Not Wanted on the Voyage - Softcover

Timothy Findley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014007306X ISBN 13: 9780140073065

Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Not Wanted on the Voyage is the story of the great flood and the first time the world ended, filed with an extraordinary cast of remarkable characters. With pathos and pageantry, desperation and hope, magic and mythology, this acclaimed novel weaves its unforgettable spell.

About this title

About the Author:

Timothy Findley (1930-2002) was one of Canada's most compelling and best-loved writers. He is the author of The Wars, which won the Governor General's Award and established him as one of Canada's leading writers, as well as Pilgrim and The Piano Man's Daughter, both finalists for The Giller Prize. His other novels, Headhunter, The Telling of Lies, The Last of the Crazy People, The Butterfly Plague, Famous Last Words, Not Wanted on the Voyage, and Spadework; his novella, You Went Away; and his short fiction, Dinner Along the Amazon, Stones, and Dust to Dust, have won numerous awards and are well loved both in Canada and internationally.

Elizabeth Rex won the Governor General's Award for Drama and The Stillborn Lover won a Chalmers Award. His works of non-fiction include Inside Memory and From Stone Orchard.

Timothy Findley was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

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Review:

"A dazzling display of literary thaumaturgy, magic in its purest sense..." - Paul Quarrington

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 014007306X
• ISBN 13: 9780140073065
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 368