Elizabeth & After
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0676971709
ISBN 13
9780676971705
Category
813 Fiction
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Publication Year
1999
Publisher
Pages
370
Subject
Accident victims -- Family relationships -- Fiction. Fathers and daughters -- Fiction. Mothers -- Death -- Fiction.
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Abstract
Carl McKelvey returns to the village of West Gull, Ontario, to come to terms with his mother's death and to become closer to his daughter.
Description
Publisher Comments
A touching and resonant story of a man who returns to the small town of West Gull, Ontario, to mend his familys legacy of alcohol and violence, to reconnect with his young daughter, and to reconcile himself with the spirit of his beautiful mother, killed several years earlier in a tragic accident. Elizabeth and After masterfully wraps us up in the lives of Carl and his family, and the other 683 odd residents of this snowy Canadian hamlet.
Review
“A quiet yet haunting tale of love and loss...Cohen relates all these stories with energy and grace.” —Andrea King Collier, The New York Times Book Review
“Matt Cohen creates a multitudinous cast...so generously....Everyone is blessed....A prize- thoughtful, beautifully written, real in its distractions and complexities.” —Susan Grimm, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A strong, spare, autumnal tale of loss and redemption...An extremely satisfying work, finding new depth in old themes, and offering a fitting memorial to a talented, deeply humane writer.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Lively, strong, bursting with juice, quirky, and unpredictable...A real novel shaped by its characters rather than jamming them into a formula.” —Michael Morris, Los Angeles Times
About the Author
Matt Cohen is the author of 13 novels. His books have been published in 9 languages. He lived in Toronto, Ontario until his death in 1999.
A touching and resonant story of a man who returns to the small town of West Gull, Ontario, to mend his familys legacy of alcohol and violence, to reconnect with his young daughter, and to reconcile himself with the spirit of his beautiful mother, killed several years earlier in a tragic accident. Elizabeth and After masterfully wraps us up in the lives of Carl and his family, and the other 683 odd residents of this snowy Canadian hamlet.
Review
“A quiet yet haunting tale of love and loss...Cohen relates all these stories with energy and grace.” —Andrea King Collier, The New York Times Book Review
“Matt Cohen creates a multitudinous cast...so generously....Everyone is blessed....A prize- thoughtful, beautifully written, real in its distractions and complexities.” —Susan Grimm, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A strong, spare, autumnal tale of loss and redemption...An extremely satisfying work, finding new depth in old themes, and offering a fitting memorial to a talented, deeply humane writer.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Lively, strong, bursting with juice, quirky, and unpredictable...A real novel shaped by its characters rather than jamming them into a formula.” —Michael Morris, Los Angeles Times
About the Author
Matt Cohen is the author of 13 novels. His books have been published in 9 languages. He lived in Toronto, Ontario until his death in 1999.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Psychological fiction
Domestic fiction
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Cohen, Matt, 1942-1999.
Elizabeth and after.
Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada : Distributed by Random House of Canada, ©1999
(OCoLC)607397543
Online version:
Cohen, Matt, 1942-1999.
Elizabeth and after.
Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada : Distributed by Random House of Canada, ©1999
(OCoLC)607811424
Material Type: Fiction, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Matt Cohen
ISBN: 0676971709 9780676971705 0312261519 9780312261511
OCLC Number: 39913586
Awards: Governor General's Award, 1999.
Description: 370 pages ; 23 cm
Responsibility: Matt Cohen.
Number of Copies
1
