The Afterlife of George Cartwright Paperback by John Steffler, Afterword by Renée Hulan

Product Details

• Publisher: New Canadian Library (2010-09-07)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 304 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780771093982
• Item Weight: 238.14 grams
• Dimensions: 19.56 x 13.08 x 2.03 cm

In this stunning and original novel, John Steffler has recreated a lost time and place, and has given life to an enigmatic figure from Canada’s 18th-century past. Described quietly by historians as “soldier, diarist, entrepreneur,” George Cartwright emerges in Steffler’s tale as a character of overwhelming appetite and ambition. Until this time Cartwright’s greatest legacy has been the place in Labrador named after him and the journal he wrote during his years there, when he lived amongst Native people and ran a successful trading post. Now his legacy becomes our own: a telling portrait of our past; a warning.

About the Author

JOHN STEFFLER is a Canadian poet and novelist. He was the Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada from 2006 to 2008. His books of poetry include The Grey Islands, That Night We Were Ravenous, And Yet, and Lookout, and he is the author of the novel The Afterlife of George Cartwright. His works have won the Atlantic Poetry Prize, the Smithbooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and the Thomas Raddall Award, and been nominated for the Governor General's Award and the Commonwealth Prize.