Lives of Short Duration (New Canadian Library)
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The Terris are engaging people, but they are a family in collapse. Alcoholism, drugs, and loveless sex have reduced them to a petty and wasted bunch. Worse, they typify aspects of the larger community besieged by financial woes and by creeping economic and cultural Americanization. What David Adams Richards accomplishes is no mean feat: his characters are at times vicious, sleazy, and even outright dim, yet he manages to entitle them to the interest and sympathy of the reader. Even more now than at its first publication in 1981, Lives of Short Duration 's sharp, essential insights have significance for readers seeking to understand the modern Canadian predicament.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0771094299
ISBN13:9780771094293
Release Date:September 2011
Publisher:New Canadian Library
Length:448 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"
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