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Days by moonlight / André Alexis ; with illustrations by Linda Watson.
"Botanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited on a road trip through Southwestern Ontario by his parents' friend, Professor Morgan Bruno, who wants company as he tries to unearth the story of the mysterious poet John Skennen. But this is no ordinary road trip. As Alfred and the Professor encounter towns with familiar names but where Black residents speak only in sign language or where there are Indigenous Parades, house burnings, werewolves, and witches, we realize that this is a journey through the psyche of Alfred and, indeed, though the psyche of Canada. It might just be the quintessential Canadian novel - the one we didn't know we needed. Complete with Alfred's drawings of plants both real and implausible, Days by Moonlight is a Dantesque journey taken during the 'hour of the wolf, ' that time of day when the sun is setting and the traveller can't tell the difference between dog and wolf. And it asks that perpetual question: how do we know the things we know are real, and what is real anyway?"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781552453797
- ISBN: 1552453790
- Physical Description: 218 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : Coach House Books, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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| Subject: | Botanists > Travel > Canada > Fiction. Quests (Expeditions) > Fiction. Male friendship > Fiction. Ontario > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Road fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Camosun College Library.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interurban Library | PS 8551 L474 D39 2019 (Text) | 26040003382831 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - | ||
| Lansdowne Library | PS 8551 L474 D39 2019 (Text) | 26040003382823 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
André Alexis was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada. In 2017, he was awarded the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for fiction. His novel Fifteen Dogs won the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His debut novel, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His other books include The Hidden Keys, Pastoral (nominated for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize), Asylum, Beauty and Sadness, Ingrid & the Wolf, Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa and Lambton, Kent and Other Vistas: A Play.
