This story is narrated by the bird artist, and young man in rural Nova Scotia in the early 19th century. Like the other stories I’ve read by Howard Norman, there are no heroes. All the characters we meet are flawed and yet also are kind and compassionate. Like all of us, the are doing the best they can. In the not perfect lives of all his characters, Norman offers them redemption.
This story is narrated by the bird artist, and young man in rural Nova Scotia in the early 19th century. Like the other stories I’ve read by Howard Norman, there are no heroes. All the characters we meet are flawed and yet also are kind and compassionate. Like all of us, the are doing the best they can. In the not perfect lives of all his characters, Norman offers them redemption.
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A new favorite author for me. Norman weaves the variant personalities of those who find their lives intertwined with each other—those usual way that include family, geographical location, and happenstance. Nothing new here, just life happening-- the particulars vary, but the human depth and nuance of each person is universal. This is a story of ‘every man’. Howard Norman tells it well. |
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