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The Lamp at Noon and Other Stories

Penguin Modern Classics Edition

By Sinclair Ross

By Sinclair Ross

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Part of New Canadian Library

Paperback $16.00

Jan 09, 2018 | ISBN 9780735252899

The Lamp at Noon and Other Stories by Sinclair Ross
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Jan 09, 2018 | ISBN 9780735252899

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About The Lamp at Noon and Other Stories

Sinclair Ross’ 1941 novel As For Me and My House is a masterpiece of Canadian literature, a stunning evocation of the Prairies and their inhabitants during the Depression of the Thirties. With The Lamp at Noon and Other Stories, an original New Canadian Library collection, Ross reveals further dimensions of his fictional universe.

A woman’s impulsive infidelity leads to tragedy. A sudden hailstorm destroys hope. A boy learns to conquer a beautiful wild horse. A little girl dreams about a circus. Against the isolated, haunting landscapes of summer droughts and winter blizzards, the men and women of Ross’ stories grapple with fate against almost impossible odds. Marked by a legacy of pride that will not suffer defeat, Ross’ unyielding characters are cut off from their loved ones by obstinacy and defiance. Their tragedy is not that they suffer, but that they suffer alone.

The sensitivity, compassion, and subtlety with which Ross portrays human aspirations and failings remain to this day unequalled in Canadian fiction.

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About Sinclair Ross

Sinclair Ross was born on a homestead near Shelbrooke in northern Saskatchewan in 1908. He dropped out of school after grade eleven to work in a bank. After working in many small-town banks in Saskatchewan, he transferred to a bank… More about Sinclair Ross

Product Details

Category: Literary Fiction

Paperback | $16.00
Published by Emblem Editions
Jan 09, 2018 | 176 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780735252899

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“Ross’ style is always beautifully matched to his material – spare, lean, honest, no gimmicks, and yet in its very simplicity setting up continuing echoes in the mind.”
–Margaret Laurence

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