[LMB] OT: First book, second language

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:34:07 EDT, CatMtn at aol.com
wrote:

 
> In a message dated 7/17/2006 8:41:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
redlion at sff.net writes:

> I'd say  that the English Canadians of today read three centuries from now 
> would be  Garner, Atwood, Mordecai Richler, Leonard Cohen, Milton Acorn, some of 
> Mowat,  some of Pierre Berton. Unfortunately I am not that familar with  the 
> literature of Quebec, although I have read Roch Carrier in translation,  both 
> _The Hockey Jersey_ and _La Guerre, Yes Sir!_ 


> M:
 
> Er--is Charles deLint not acceptable for some reason?  I like several  of his 
> books, and they seem to me to be the sort that would be around for a  while.

They may well be, and I might have included them, but if I included every popular Canadian writer who writes well I'd go on for hours, from Denis Lee to Susannah Moodie. 
Maru



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