Each Man's Son
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (502 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0773524886 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 222 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His novels include Barometer Rising (1941), Two Solitudes (1945), Each Man's Son (. Born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Hugh MacLennan (1907-1990) taught at McGill University from 1951 to 1981 and wrote novels and essays that helped define Canadian literature
Daniel Ainslie, who ministers to the rough miners, yearns for a son, which he can never have. In Each Man’s Son, his fourth novel, Hugh MacLennan returns to his native Cape Breton to present life in a small mining community.Dr. He comes to love young Alan MacNeil, the son of Mollie MacNeil and her absent husband, Archie, who deserted his family several years before to seek his fortune as a professional fighter. Now Archie returns, bitter and defeated, to wreak tragedy on his community.Originally published in
. He comes to love young Alan MacNeil, the son of Mollie MacNeil and her absent husband, Archie, who deserted his family several years before to seek his fortune as a professional fighter. From the Inside Flap In Each Man?s Son, his fourth novel, Hugh MacLennan returns to his native Cape Breton to present life in a small mining community.Dr. Now Archie returns, bitter and defeated, to wreak tragedy on his community.Originally published in 1951, Each Man?s Son, a stunning account of the rationalistic Ainslie and the animalistic MacNeil, moves inexorably towards its harrowing conclusion. Daniel Ainslie, who ministers to the rough miners, yearns for a son, whi
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