Friends, Moments, Countryside: Selected Columns from Canadian Living, 1993-98 [Hardcover]

Peter Gzowski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 1998

Tender, personal, deeply felt, and beautifully crafter, Peter Gzowski’s columns in Canadian Living are models of the essayist’s art.

In Friends, Moments, Countryside, Gzowski has gathered sixty of his favourite columns about the undercelebrated people, the fleeting moments, and the special places that have most affected him. And especially to introduce this collection, he’s penned a lengthy and thoughtful essay on the changes in Canada he’s observed from his various vantage points.

This is Peter Gzowski at his best: intimate, reflective, and very, very Canadian.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“[Gzowski] knows how to turn a memorable phrase, craft an arresting lead, or paint a beguiling picturing.”
–Globe and Mail

“As Canadian as you can get – that’s Peter Gzowski, and I heartily recommend this book for anyone who wants to see a balanced, human, and humane writer at work.”
–Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal

“Gzowski is a very fine writer and a keen observer – of friends, of special moments, and of this country.”
–Calgary Herald

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Tender, personal, deeply felt, and beautifully crafter, Peter Gzowski?s columns in Canadian Living are models of the essayist?s art.

In Friends, Moments, Countryside, Gzowski has gathered sixty of his favourite columns about the undercelebrated people, the fleeting moments, and the special places that have most affected him. And especially to introduce this collection, he?s penned a lengthy and thoughtful essay on the changes in Canada he?s observed from his various vantage points.

This is Peter Gzowski at his best: intimate, reflective, and very, very Canadian.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart; 1St Edition edition (September 12, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 077103699X
• ISBN-13: 978-0771036996
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,021,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)