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Childhood

A Novel

A Novel

By Andre Alexis

By Andre Alexis

By Andre Alexis

By Andre Alexis

By Andre Alexis
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By Andre Alexis
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Mar 18, 2000 | ISBN 9780771006678

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Aug 04, 2020 | ISBN 9780771008016

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Feb 23, 2021 | 471 Minutes

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    About Childhood

    Uniquely imagined and vividly evoked, André Alexis’s prize-winning novel chronicles the childhood – or perhaps the loss of childhood – of Thomas MacMillan, who sets out to piece together the early years of his life. Raised in a Southern Ontario town in the ’50s and ’60s, Thomas is abandoned to the care of his eccentric Trinidadian grandmother. Then, at ten, his mother, Katarina, reclaims him, taking him to Ottawa and to the once-splendid Victorian home of Henry Wing, a gentle conjurer whose love of science and the imagination becomes an important legacy. But is he Thomas’s father? Moving and wryly humorous, Childhood tells the story of a man’s quest for what is lost, bringing him closer to the truth about himself.

    About Childhood

    Uniquely imagined and vividly evoked, André Alexis’s prize-winning novel chronicles the childhood – or perhaps the loss of childhood – of Thomas MacMillan, who sets out to piece together the early years of his life. Raised in a Southern Ontario town in the ’50s and ’60s, Thomas is abandoned to the care of his eccentric Trinidadian grandmother. Then, at ten, his mother, Katarina, reclaims him, taking him to Ottawa and to the once-splendid Victorian home of Henry Wing, a gentle conjurer whose love of science and the imagination becomes an important legacy. But is he Thomas’s father? Moving and wryly humorous, Childhood tells the story of a man’s quest for what is lost, bringing him closer to the truth about himself.

    About Childhood

    Uniquely imagined and vividly evoked, André Alexis’s prize-winning novel chronicles the childhood – or perhaps the loss of childhood – of Thomas MacMillan, who sets out to piece together the early years of his life. Raised in a Southern Ontario town in the ’50s and ’60s, Thomas is abandoned to the care of his eccentric Trinidadian grandmother. Then, at ten, his mother, Katarina, reclaims him, taking him to Ottawa and to the once-splendid Victorian home of Henry Wing, a gentle conjurer whose love of science and the imagination becomes an important legacy. But is he Thomas’s father? Moving and wryly humorous, Childhood tells the story of a man’s quest for what is lost, bringing him closer to the truth about himself.

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    About Andre Alexis

    André Alexis is the author of Fifteen Dogs, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and Canada Reads. His internationally acclaimed debut, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Book… More about Andre Alexis

    About Andre Alexis

    André Alexis is the author of Fifteen Dogs, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and Canada Reads. His internationally acclaimed debut, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Book… More about Andre Alexis

    About Andre Alexis

    André Alexis is the author of Fifteen Dogs, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and Canada Reads. His internationally acclaimed debut, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Book… More about Andre Alexis

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $19.99
    Published by Emblem Editions
    Mar 18, 2000 | 280 Pages | 5-3/8 x 8-3/8 | ISBN 9780771006678

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Aug 04, 2020 | 280 Pages | ISBN 9780771008016

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $19.99
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Feb 23, 2021 | 471 Minutes | ISBN 9780771006784

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    Praise

    “The love affair between a young black boy’s wayward mother and a man who may or may not be his father forms the intriguing background to this enormously appealing first novel…An impressive new voice.”
    –Publishers Weekly

    “A stellar performance.”
    –Globe and Mail

    “A most meticulous investigation of the human heart, beautifully bittersweet. André Alexis is a genuine talent.”
    –Richard Bachmann, A Different Drummer Books

    “Elegant and understated.”
    –Los Angeles Times

    Awards

    Scotiabank Giller Prize FINALIST 1998

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