Two Solitudes
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Published:1st Jun '18
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Winner of the 1945 Governor General's award.
In his vivid portrayals of human drama in prewar Quebec, Hugh MacLennan focuses on two individuals whose love increases the prejudices that surround them until they discover that "love consists in this, that two solitudes protect, and touch and greet each other."A landmark of nationalist fiction, Hugh MacLennan's Two Solitudes is the story of two races within one nation, each with its own legend and ideas of what a nation should be. In his vivid portrayals of human drama in prewar Quebec, MacLennan focuses on two individuals whose love increases the prejudices that surround them until they discover that "love consists in this, that two solitudes protect, and touch and greet each other."
Canada should stage a coming-of-age party this year. We have produced two novels of the full stature of manhood [including] Hugh MacLennan's Two Solitudes ... Here is the substanceof Canada, her countryside, her cities, her conflicting cultures, and, above all, her people. The Canadian Forum
ISBN: 9780773524927
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480 pages