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Zusatztext "In his first novel! the critically acclaimed James King takes on this spectral character and weaves together a haunting story that examines the assumptions of authenticity and experience." Informationen zum Autor James King's most recent book is the bestselling biography of Margaret Laurence. He has received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship and a Killam Research Fellowship. He is the author of a biography of Herbert Read, The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read (1991), which was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction; and the critically acclaimed The Life of Margaret Laurence (1997). Klappentext ""Beneath the deadly dull history of Ontario lies a myriad of fascinating, but little-known stories. Did you know: Sir John A. Macdonald was born in an Ontario town, not in Scotland? Karl Marx was once a visitor to Toronto? The famous poet W.B. Yeats graced the town of Captainstone, Ontario, with a visit in 1933? There was an active volcano in Ontario in 1886? ""The book is accompanied by an important caveat: All of these stories are fictitious. ""'The book is rather hard to characterize,' said MacGillivary, a professor at the University of Waterloo. 'It doesn't fit into any particular genre. It is best described as a ""myth imitation."" What I am doing here is inventing myths about the history of Ontario, where the facts are almost entirely false but the emotions are real.' ""The book, a humorous romp through the history of Ontario, distills the character of Ontario out of the approximately 120 short vignettes taken, supposedly, from local histories and reminiscences, all of which are fictitious.""- Anne Marie Goetz, Whig-Standard Staff Writer Zusammenfassung In his first novel, biographer James King takes on the character of poet, painter, forger, and supposed serial killer Thomas Wainwright. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; The Huis and Where They Came From; The Formation of the Hui Zu; The Fate of the Hui During and After the Qing Dynasty; Further Assimilation of Minorities and its effects of Muslims; How the Hui Zu Lives in China; Influential Muslim Personalities; Admiral Zheng He and His Achievements; Contributions of the Chinese Muslims; The Staunchness of the Chinese Muslims. ...
