Timothy Findley

The Wars

Not wanted on the voyage

It all starts when Lilah Kemp - librarian, spiritualist, schizophrenic - inadvertantly lets Kurtz out of page 92 of Heart of Darkness and is unable to get him back in. While Kurtz is stalking the streets of Toronto, Lilah frantically begins her search for Marlow to help her deal with the literary villain Meanwhile, the city is becoming increasingly chaotic and terrifying. The rich and powerful are engaged in a web of depravity, a new and horrifying disease called sturnusemia has swept the city, and severly traumatized children are turning up at the local psychiatric institutes. Kurtz seems to be at the centre of it all. Lilah, witness to events tearing the very fabric of her society, seeks solace as always in the great works of literature and prays for Marlow to find an capture Kurtz - before it's too late.

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You Went Away is Timothy Findley's latest storytelling masterpiece, a richly evocative and haunting novella of war-time love, infidelity and the ideals of love. In his trademark, effortless recreation of past lives and loves, Findley instantly transports us to 1942 Canada and the imploding marriage of Mi and Graeme Forbes. As the war edges closer, Mi fears her hard-drinking husband's philandering ways but finds herself magnetized by a dashing young R.C.A.F. pilot who handles a Spitfire and motorcycle with equal aplomb. In a time defined by laughter and loss, Mi and Graeme struggle with their own betrayal and loss and the delicate, almost invisible threads of hope that entwine them all. A story as only Timothy Findley could tell. You Went Away is another bestselling treat from one of our most gifted writers.

You Went Away

Narrated by Charlie Kilworth, whose birth is an echo of his mother's own illegitimate beginnings, The Piano Man's Daughter is the lyrical, multilayered tale of Charlie's mother, Lily, his grandmother Ede, and their family. Lily is a woman pursued by her own demons, "making off with the matches just when the fires caught hold," "a beautiful, mad genius, first introduced to us singing in her mother's belly." It is also the tale of people who dream in songs, two Irish immigrant families facing a new and uncertain future in turn-of-the-century Toronto. Finally, it is a richly detailed tribute to a golden epoch in our history and of a generation striking the last, haunting chord of innocence. The Piano Man's Daughter is a symphony of wonderful storytelling, unforgettable characters, and a lilting, lingering melody that plays on long after the last page has been turned.

The Piano Man's Daughter

Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war--The War to End All Wars. He found himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare, of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In this world gone mad, Robert Ross performed a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death.

Penguin Modern Classics the Wars

The body of wealthy Calder Maddox is found on the beach, the stately Aurora Sands Hotel supplies the suspects, and amateur sleuth and photographer Nessa Van Horne investigates a grisly murder and man's inhumanity to man.

A Mystery

The Telling of Lies

L'uomo che non poteva morire

The Last of the Crazy People

The body of wealthy Calder Maddox is found on the beach, the stately Aurora Sands Hotel supplies the suspects, and amateur sleuth and photographer Nessa Van Horne investigates a grisly murder and man's inhumanity to man. Introduction by Charles Foran Charles Foran is the acclaimed author of three novels, including House on Fire and Butterfly Lovers, and three non-fiction works, including the Governor General's Award-finalist The Last House of Ulster. Charles lives in Peterborough, Ontario.

Pages from a Writer's Workbook

Inside Memory

Mead, Catherine

Roman

Der Gesandte

Stones

Chef-d'oeuvre de Timothy Findley, Guerres ausculte l'esprit, les pulsions et les peurs de Robert Ross, jeune Canadien crédule parti se battre en 1915 sur le front belge. "Rien ne manque de l'habituel roman de guerre, les convois, les tranchées, les gaz, les attaques aériennes, les obus, les rats, les blessés et les morts, mais il y a autre chose. De haut, de loin, par-delà le temps, il y a ce que l'on peut voir à côté de la bataille et qui, chez Findley, est d'une surprenante diversité. Il y a la vie animale, qui est l'un des sujets du livre. Il y a la vie de ceux qui attendent à l'arrière, leur angoisse, leurs chagrins, leur solitude, comment ce florilège de souffrances endommage la famille, femmes, mères et fratries. Il y a la vie en général : la sauvagerie maternelle, l'amour et la jalousie fraternels, l'impuissance de l'enfance, la difficulté d'être. Il y a l'amour, le mariage, la sexualité. Il y a tout ce qui arrive, la mort des enfants, le suicide, la maladie, la folie, la prostitution, la séduction, le viol".

Guerres

A powerful retelling of the tale of Noah and his family, and the first time the world ended. Winner of the CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award.

Not Wanted on the Voyage

The piano man's daughter

A piano tuner pieces together his mother's life story, from turn-of-the-century Toronto to a 1930s asylum.

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