The Confabulist was even better than I expected. First, we meet Martin Strauss, who is just receiving his diagnosis from the doctor. I was not at all paying attention to him, that much I know. But then, out of nowhere, he said something that was impossible to miss. "You will in essence, Mr. Strauss, lose … Continue reading The Confabulist by Steven Galloway
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The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Exquisite and profoundly moving, The Cellist of Sarajevo shows how life under siege creates impossible moral choices. It is a story about survival, about the temptation to hate and refusal to do so, about the persistence of the human spirit in a time of fear and suffering. Sometimes the blurb on the inside flap or … Continue reading The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Steven Galloway
Steven Galloway is a Canadian writer, born in Vancouver B.C. in 1975. (So young!) He now lives in New Westminster. He has written four novels, one of which I am going to read shortly, as the G-Book for my CanLit Project. Finnie Walsh (2000) - shortlisted for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award Ascension (2003) - … Continue reading Steven Galloway
Consumed by Ink 