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Pulitzerprize winning novelist richard ford s sinewy and distinctively american voice contains the echoing tones of many literary ancestors the new york times, among them mark twain, sherwood anderson, william faulkner, and ernest hemingway. An old robert ryan western, filmed in saskatchewan, was entitled the canadians. Richard ford is the pulitzer prizewinning author of the bascombe novels and the new york times bestselling canada and let me be frank with you. May 25, 2012 dell parsons, the firstperson narrator of richard ford s majestic new novel, canada, is a recently retired, 66yearold american english teacher living in windsor, ont. A visionary novel of vast landscapes, complex identities and fragile humanity. His novel wildlife was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name. Canada by richard ford overdrive rakuten overdrive. Richard ford is the author of seven novels and three collections of stories.
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