First published in 1970, The Honeyman Festival chronicles one night in the life of Minn Burge, a woman in her mid-thirties who is torn between affection for her family and the need for a life in which impulse and intelligence can once again find play.
Pregnant with her fourth child, and unable to take refuge in facile resolutions, Minn interrogates her life with a razor-edge passion in which many readers will find they too are involved.
This groundbreaking novel by one of Canada’s most beloved novelists is now available in a beautifully packaged A List edition, featuring an introduction by novelist and short story writer Caroline Adderson.
First published in 1970, The Honeyman Festival chronicles one night in the life of Minn Burge, a woman in her mid-thirties who is torn between affection for her family and the need for a life in which impulse and intelligence can once again find play.
Pregnant with her fourth child, and unable to take refuge in facile resolutions, Minn interrogates her life with a razor-edge passion in which many readers will find they too are involved.
This groundbreaking novel by one of Canada’s most beloved novelists is now available in a beautifully packaged A List edition, featuring an introduction by novelist and short story writer Caroline Adderson.
| Published By | House of Anansi Press Inc — Aug 15, 2014 |
| Specifications | 184 pages | 5.5 in x 8.5 in |
| Keywords | Literary; 1960s; Women's Liberation; women writers; |
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MARIAN ENGEL<\/strong> was born in Toronto in 1933. The acclaimed author of Bear<\/em>, she is also the author of No Clouds of Glory<\/em>, The Honeyman Festival<\/em>, The Glassy Sea<\/em>, and Lunatic Villas<\/em>. Engel was a founding member of the Writers’ Union of Canada and served as its first chair. She won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Bear<\/em> and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Marian Engel died in 1985.<\/p>\n |
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MARIAN ENGEL<\/strong> was born in Toronto in 1933. The acclaimed author of Bear<\/em>, she is also the author of No Clouds of Glory<\/em>, The Honeyman Festival<\/em>, The Glassy Sea<\/em>, and Lunatic Villas<\/em>. Engel was a founding member of the Writers’ Union of Canada and served as its first chair. She won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Bear<\/em> and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Marian Engel died in 1985.<\/p>\n |