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I'm looking for a book by a Canadian author to read for my one my classes, and i don't want to end up with an excruciatingly boring one by mistake. Can you guys help me out?

>> No.1145384

The Darkness that Comes Before. It has a lot of juice in its scenes.

And by juice I mean jizz.

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Well... I hate atwood. But you could go for Oryx & Crake / Handmaids tale if you want flat dystopia

Alternatively, you could take the gibson and have some fuckyea moments of c-c-c-cyberpunk, but at the same time suffer the curse of the Jamaican cosmonauts, VOODOO ON DA NET, and related bullshit

look at that fucking troll, LOOK AT HIM SMILE WITH THOSE FUCKING GLASSES.

>> No.1145421

a complicated kindness, by miriam toews

>> No.1145512

Anything else?

>> No.1146625

Anything my Micheal Ondaatje.

Specifically, In The Skin of a Lion, or The English Patient.

>> No.1146633

You're trolling, right? Canadian books are by definition excruciatingly boring.

Here's some that are less excruciating.

Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love, by Brad Frazer (or watch the movie)
Tempest-Tost, by Roberton Davies
Sarah Binks, by Paul Hiebert
Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje (or watch the movie)

>> No.1146639

Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam.

>> No.1146645

Hmm, that might be a little difficult because a lot of authors I know are mostly American. It's a pity, me being Canadian and all. But I think one of the greatest books I've read is 'A fine balance' by Rohinton Mistry. It's incredibly long but it's an amazing book. I have just recently started a blog where I post poetry/artwork and I will continue to do so. If you could please visit and provide criticism I would appreciate it! :-)
http://mysteriousmystic.wordpress.com/

>> No.1146646

has justin bieber released his autobiography yet

>> No.1146664

_solomon gursky was here_ by mordechai richler is very entertaining.

i also like timothy findley, altho im not guaranteeing anything he wrote is not boring.

>> No.1146690

Try anything by Carol Sheilds.

>> No.1146694

Douglas Coupland

>> No.1146707

Life of Pi
Autobiography of Red
The English Patient

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>Canadian literature

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>> No.1146755

Leonard Cohen

>> No.1146759

Rawi Hage.

Please, I beg you

>> No.1146783

>>1146625

Seconding Ondaatje. "Coming Through Slaughter" is fantastic as well.

>> No.1146838

ITT: Mother fuckers haven't heard of Alice Munro.

Give Alice Munro a look. She's pretty much the only Canadian author I read, as most everything that comes out of Canada is utter shit.

>> No.1146946

>>1146838

This anon has some rage issues with Canada, but s/he is correct about Munro being great.

>> No.1146962

>>1146838

>ITT: Mother fuckers haven't heard of Alice Munro
>haven't heard of Alice Munro
>Alice Munro
>Alice
>Female

>> No.1146970

>>1146962
>Nigga clearly hasn't read Alice Munro.

>> No.1147066

>>1146962

Bwuh?

>> No.1147072

Silverwing

by Kenneth Oppel

one of the best YA authors of the past 20 years.


This is /lit/, I wouldn't recommend unless I meant it, OP (really)

>> No.1147097

Harry Potter

>> No.1147175

Canadians can write? Amazing!

>> No.1148131

DOUGLAS FUCKING COUPLAND, BITCH!

Generation X or Microserfs

>> No.1148134

leonard cohen wrote a few novels like ''beautiful losers'', and he is pretty great. and canadian, i think.