The Grey Islands

by John Steffler

Overview

Deluxe redesign of a seminal book by Canada’s former Parliamentary Poet Laureate.Includes new material. On the occasion of the press's 40th anniversary, Brick Books is proud to present the second of six new editions of classic books from our back catalogue. This new edition of The Grey Islands features a foreword by scholar Adrian Fowler and a detailed and insightful look back at the book and the time of its inception by Steffler himself. Featuring a new cover and design by the renowned typographer Robert Bringhurst. The Grey Islands is the story of one man’s pilgrimage to a remote island of Newfoundland’s northern peninsula. Using a broad range of styles, The Grey Islands delivers the bite of raw experience and embraces existence at the edge in all its terror and beauty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781894078986
Publisher:	Brick Books
Publication date:	09/01/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	182
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

John Steffler other books of poetry include Lookout, a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize; That Night We Were Ravenous, winner of the Atlantic Poetry Prize; and Helix: New and Selected Poems, winner of the Newfoundland and Labrador Poetry Prize. Steffler is also the author of the award-winning novel The Afterlife of George Cartwright. Brick Books issued a new edition of The Grey Islands in 2000 and is now presenting a newer edition in 2015 as the Brick Books Classics 2.

Editorial Reviews

"I am placing it among other masterpieces of environmental writing like Thoreau's Walden, Aldo Leopold's Sand County Almanac, and Gary Snyder's The Practice of the Wild... an iconic book that sets dramatically before us, in a way that is richly complex, at once meditative and expansive, the difficult and essential encounter of wilderness."—Don McKay, for What is Stephen Harper Reading?

"This is a book of such excellence that someone in the future is liable to say about the author: ÔStefflerÑSteffler?Ñoh yes, he wrote The Grey Islands, didn't he?'"—Al Purdy, Books in Canada (1985)

From the Publisher

Poet John Steffler crafted this novel from a series of narrative poems that related his experiences in Newfoundland. The work is delivered by the author, along with a selection of expert narrators including Frank Holden, Janis Spence, and Darryl Hopkins. The readings are precise and captivating, each offering a slightly different perspective on Steffler's work. The mix of narration mingles nicely with background sounds such as seagulls' caws along the coastline and the endless clattering of cup and saucer in a roadside diner. These help to set the time and place and create a memorable experience for listeners. L.B. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

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