· Mr. Wright writes with the apparent ease of breathing, and he is both touching and very very funny. New York Times (on THE AGE OF LONGING) CLARA CALLAN is one of those rare novels that one might justifiably call a www.doorway.ru: HarperCollins e-books. Winner in of Canada's two most prestigious literary awards -- the Governor General's Award and the Giller Prize -- Richard B. Wright's celebrated novel Clara Callan is the powerful, moving story of two sisters and their life-changing experiences on the eve of World War II. Clara Callan's story is told in the form of letters and her personal journal, and spans the years , with an important Afterword tacked on. The title character is a woman who will linger in my imagination for a /5(96).
Richard B. Wright is the author of nine novels, including The Age of Longing, In the Middle of a Life, and Weekend Man. He lives with his wife in Saint Catharines, Ontario. CLARA CALLAN is one of those rare novels that one might justifiably call a masterpiece. Jay Parini. A classic page-turner. Winner in of Canada's two most prestigious literary awards -- the Governor General's Award and the Giller Prize -- Richard B. Wright's celebrated novel Clara Callan is the powerful, moving story of two sisters and their life-changing experiences on the eve of World War II. Clara Callan by Richard B Wright pp, Flamingo, £ "It happened while the rest of us went about our lives. It is happening now." So Clara Callan, sensible spinster schoolteacher and.
Clara Callan, the protagonist of Wright's novel, is a small town spinster in the s. She lives a reasonably comfortable life thanks to the inheritance of her father's house and a job as a local schoolteacher. Through her diary entries and exchanges of letters, mainly with her more glamorous younger sister Nora, Clara reveals herself to the reader. Clara Callan is a novel by Canadian writer Richard B. Wright, published in It is the story of a woman in her thirties living in Ontario during the s and is written in epistolary form, utilizing letters and journal entries to tell the story. The protagonist, Clara, faces the struggles of being a single woman in a rural community in the early 20th century. Mr. Wright writes with the apparent ease of breathing, and he is both touching and very very funny. New York Times (on THE AGE OF LONGING) CLARA CALLAN is one of those rare novels that one might justifiably call a masterpiece.
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