The Grey Islands by John Steffler
$12.00 – $20.00
Deluxe redesign of a seminal book by Canada’s former Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Includes new material.
8.75 x 6 Inches | 201 Pages
Publication Date: February 15, 2015
Trade Paperback ISBN: 9781771313438
Trade Paperback $20 | |
EPUB + PDF $12 |
On the occasion of the press’s 40th anniversary, Brick Books is proud to present the second of six new editions of classic books from our back catalogue. This new edition of The Grey Islands features a foreword by scholar Adrian Fowler and a detailed and insightful look back at the book and the time of its inception by Steffler himself. Featuring a new cover and design by the renowned typographer Robert Bringhurst.
The Grey Islands is the story of one man’s pilgrimage to a remote island of Newfoundland’s northern peninsula. Using a broad range of styles, The Grey Islands delivers the bite of raw experience and embraces existence at the edge in all its terror and beauty.
Praise for The Grey Islands:
“[The book] illustrates… how the outsider becomes an insider by becoming a supplicant, renouncing the role of saviour and honouring the culture of the people among whom he has decided to make his home.” — Adrian Fowler, from the Introduction
Press Coverage:
The Best Canadian Fiction of All Time as Chosen by Canadian Novelists — Chatelaine
The Grey Islands — The Goose
About the Author
John Steffler was the Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada from 2006 to 2008. His other books of poetry include Lookout, a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize; That Night We Were Ravenous, winner of the Atlantic Poetry Prize; and Helix: New and Selected Poems, winner of the Newfoundland and Labrador Poetry Prize. Steffler is also the author of the award-winning novel The Afterlife of George Cartwright. Brick Books issued a new edition of The Grey Islands in 2000 and presented a newer edition in 2015 as the Brick Books Classics 2.
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