Table of Contents
Preface 1
Part I Panorama 12
Schneiderman [SIC] Davis
The Sea-God's Herb: Essays & Criticism, 1975-2014 John Domini 17
Anne of Tim Hortons: Globalization and the Reshaping of Atlantic-Canadian Literature Herb Wyile 24
'"A realm forever beyond reach': Steinbeck and Solzhenitsyn as presences in William Vollmann's Expelled from Eden and Poor People" William T. Vollmann 29
The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings 1947-2005 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 62
Part II Selected Reviews 69
Canadian Tales
The Big Dream Rebecca Rosenblum
Ascension Steven Galloway 73
And Also Sharks Jessica Westhead 75
Drive-By Saviours Chris Benjamin 77
Double-Blind Michelle Butler Hallett 81
Permission S.D. Chrostowska 84
A Biography Chris Eaton Chris Eaton 90
Realism and Suffering 93
The Parson's Widow Marja-Liisa Vartio
The Fountain at the Center of the World Robert Newman 97
Larry Fondation Fish, Soap and Bonds 103
The End: Hamburg 1943 Hans Erich Nossack 106
Right and Left Joseph Roth 111
The Country Where No One Ever Dies Ornela Vorpsi 116
Glass Sam Savage 121
Widow Michelle Latiolais 126
Outliers, Innovators, and Explorers 133
Blaise Cendrars Gold, Dan Yack, and Confessions of Dan Yack
The Rush for Second Place and Agape Agape William Gaddis 138
Letters of John Cowper Powys and Dorothy Richardson John Cowper Powys 143
The Abyss of Human Illusion Gilbert Sorrentino 150
Brecht at Night Mati Unt 157
Night Soul and Other Stories Joseph McElroy 162
The Truth About Marie Jean-Philippe Toussaint 165
Kissed By Alexandra Chasin 169
The Short Fall Marek Waldorf 170
Shantytown César Aira 176
Postface 182
Endnotes 184