On the eve of his retirement, Doctor "Sawbones" Hunter reflects on his career as a small-town physician.
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"If you've never read Sinclair Ross, the Saskatchewan-born writer who helped define prairie realism, give thanks to the University of Alberta Press for this exquisitely produced quality paperback reissue. And if you have, now is the time to reacquaint yourself with one of the most distinct voices in Western Canadian literature....With Sawbones Memorial, he perfectly captures the rhythms and realities of small-town life in the West....(T)he book explores both the generosity and the hateful bigotry found in small towns everywhere. There is tenderness here, and bitterness, too....Also reprinted by the U of A Press are two other Ross novels, Whir of Gold and The Well. Both are dazzling. Marc Horton, The Edmonton Journal
"Given this continuing critical engagement with Ross's writing, we can be grateful to the University of Alberta Press for reissuing the three novels of Sinclair Ross no longer in print: The Well, Whir of Gold, and Sawbones Memorial....Hardy provides something like a close reading of the novel in his introduction, describing with unusual sensitivity the significant turns in the plot. He also suggests some of the ways in which the novel may be re-examined by a new generation in terms of cultural rifts between rural and urban....Mitchell takes this opportunity to show the various ways Ross critiques the bigotry, hypocrisy and mean-spiritedness of a small town, laying bare the faults of Upward but its warmth and attractions as well....I do wish Sinclair Ross could see these reissues, surely the most attractive presentation his work has ever received." David Stouck
"Given this continuing critical engagement with Ross's writing, we can be grateful to the University of Alberta Press for reissuing the three novels of Sinclair Ross no longer in print: The Well, Whir of Gold, and Sawbones Memorial....Hardy provides something like a close reading of the novel in his introduction, describing with unusual sensitivity the significant turns in the plot. He also suggests some of the ways in which the novel may be re-examined by a new generation in terms of cultural rifts between rural and urban....Mitchell takes this opportunity to show the various ways Ross critiques the bigotry, hypocrisy and mean-spiritedness of a small town, laying bare the faults of Upward but its warmth and attractions as well....I do wish Sinclair Ross could see these reissues, surely the most attractive presentation his work has ever received." David Stouck
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Sinclair Ross served in the Royal Canadian Army during World War Two. To
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This review is from: Sawbones Memorial (New Canadian Library) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is one of the great works of Canadian fiction. It tells the story of a retiring doctor through the first-person perspectives of others. It is extremely well written, and the existentialist bent of the theme is insightful and provocative. It reads fast, and you'll wish there were more. This should certainly be part of any reading list for Canadian literature, and probably for fiction in general. Surely you should also read Ross's "As For Me and My House."
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