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The
2003 Award
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The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: McClelland & Stewart ISBN 0771086873 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Set in the first half of the twentieth century, but reaching back to Bavaria in the late nineteenth century, The Stone Carvers weaves together the story of ordinary lives marked by obsession and transformed by art. At the centre of a large cast of characters is Klara Becker, the granddaughter of a master carver, a seamstress haunted by a love affair cut short by the First World War, and by the frequent disappearances of her brother Tilman, afflicted since childhood with wanderlust. From Ontario, they are swept into a colossal venture in Europe years later, as Toronto sculptor Walter Allward's ambitious plans begin to take shape for a war memorial at Vimy, France. Spanning three decades, and moving form a German-settled village in Ontario to Europe after the Great War, The Stone Carvers follows the paths of immigrants, labourers, and dreamers. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Jane Urquhart is the author of three books of poetry, a collection of short fiction and five novels, The Whirlpool, Changing Heaven, Away, shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, The Underpainter, winner of the Governor General's Award and, most recently, The Stone Carvers, which was a finalist for the Giller Prize and the Governer General's Award and longlisted for the Booker Prize. Her fiction has been translated into many languages. She has received numerous honorary doctorates from Canadian universities. She lives in southwestern Ontario, Canada. |
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