Ebook: My famous evening: Nova Scotia sojourns, diaries & preoccupations
Author: Norman Howard A., Norman Howard
- Tags: Authors Canadian (English), Ecrivains canadiens-anglais, Authors Canadian, Manners and customs, Travel, Electronic books, Biography, Biographies, Nova Scotia -- Description and travel, Nova Scotia -- Social life and customs, Nova Scotia -- Biography, Norman Howard A. -- Travel -- Nova Scotia, Authors Canadian -- Biography, Authors Canadian (English) -- Biography, Norman Howard -- 1949- -- Voyages -- Nouvelle-Écosse, Ecrivains canadiens-anglais -- Biographies, Nouvelle-Écosse -- Descriptions et voyages
- Series: National Geographic directions
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: National Geographic Society
- City: Nouvelle-Écosse;Nova Scotia;Washington;D.C
- Language: English
- epub
Master storyteller Howard Norman draws on more than 30 years of visiting Nova Scotia for this remarkable ''book of selective memories.'' Combining stories, folklore, memoir, nature, poetry, and expository prose, the chapters of My Famous Evening ''may be seen as intersecting facets of reminiscence; there are certain refrains, themes, and preoccupations and I placed birds into as many of the book's nooks and crannies as possible.'' His goal: to portray the emotional dimensions of his experience.
Illustrated with photographs from Norman's own collection, this book offers a delightful, witty, and characteristically quirky take on a curious and beguiling region.
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