New Releases by Timothy Findley

À la fin des années 1960, Hooker Winslow, jeune garçon de onze ans, passe son été dans une maison cossue de la campagne canadienne. Livré à lui-même entre une mère qui ne quitte plus sa chambre, un père paralysé par l’échec de son couple, et un frère aîné qui se réfugie dans l’alcool et la poésie, il observe les événements qui se succèdent au cours d’un été qui s’achèvera tragiquement. Huis-clos familial dévastateur, emmurement des êtres dans le silence, désagrégation des sentiments jusqu’à la folie... l’auteur nous mène avec habileté dans un roman à couper le souffle, qui illustre magistralement la défaite de la parole. Paru en 1967, Le Dernier des fous est le premier roman de Timothy Findley (1930-2002), auteur de Guerres, chefs-d’œuvre qui a obtenu le prestigieux prix du Gouverneur général en 1977. Il se place parmi les plus grands écrivains du XXe siècle. En 1996, il a été fait Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war--The War to End All Wars. He found himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare, of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In this world gone mad, Robert Ross performed a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death.

Ageless. Sexless. Deathless. Timeless. Pilgrim is a man who cannot die, an astounding character in a novel of the cataclysmic contest between creation and destruction. Pilgrim is Timothy Findley’s masterwork, a finalist for the Giller Prize, and a national bestseller that has smashed the author’s own impressive sales records. It is 1912 and Pilgrim has been admitted to the Burghölzli Psychiatric Clinic in Zürich, Switzerland, having failed—once again—to commit suicide. Over the next two years, it is up to Carl Jung, self-professed mystical scientist of the mind, to help Pilgrim unlock his unconsciousness, etched as it is with myriad sufferings and hopes of history. Is Pilgrim mad, or is he condemned to live forever, witness to the terrible tragedy and beauty of the human condition? Both intimate and expansive in its scope, with an absorbing parade of characters—mythic, fictional and historical—Pilgrim is a fiercely original and powerful story from one of our most distinguished artists.

TIMOTHY FINDLEY, a writer whose courage and imagination often led him into perilous fictional territory, was afraid of flying and often hated to travel. Yet he undertook all manner of journeys throughout his life--both real and imagined. Journeyman is a record of some of the voyages that inspired and informed Timothy Findley's award-winning fiction, non-fiction and theatrical works. Bill Whitehead, Findley's life partner, has carefully compiled and annotated a selection of Findley's many journal entries, letters, poems, speeches and articles. The result is a unique insight into a writer's mind, at times deeply personal and introspective, at others richly evocative of time and place. For all his many readers, Journeyman will be a welcome and lasting gift. PREVIOUS EDITION: 0-00-200673-1

En 1939, peu avant qu'éclate la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Charlie Kilworth, jeune accordeur de pianos, interroge son passé. Qui fut son père ? Compte tenu des problèmes psychiques de sa mère, comment assumer de devenir à son tour père ? Il décide alors d'entreprendre une lente et douloureuse réappropriation de l'histoire de sa famille. Peu à peu, le personnage de sa mère, Lily Kilworth femme sujette à des crises d'épilepsie qui étaient la terreur de son entourage, dans une famille qui dissimulait au grenier et dans sa mémoire les traces de la folie d'autres ancêtres, émigrés irlandais - devient le centre du roman. Toutes les figures de l'intolérance familiale, de la marginalisation et de l'exclusion se succèdent. Progressivement, dans une fresque ample et admirablement construite, Timothy Findley brosse le portrait d'une famille canadienne de l'Ontario du début du siècle à la Seconde Guerre mondiale, hantée par la folie de Lily.

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It all starts when Lilah Kemp - librarian, spiritualist, schizophrenic - inadvertantly lets Kurtz out of page 92 of Heart of Darkness and is unable to get him back in. While Kurtz is stalking the streets of Toronto, Lilah frantically begins her search for Marlow to help her deal with the literary villain Meanwhile, the city is becoming increasingly chaotic and terrifying. The rich and powerful are engaged in a web of depravity, a new and horrifying disease called sturnusemia has swept the city, and severly traumatized children are turning up at the local psychiatric institutes. Kurtz seems to be at the centre of it all. Lilah, witness to events tearing the very fabric of her society, seeks solace as always in the great works of literature and prays for Marlow to find an capture Kurtz - before it's too late.

A gift from Stone Orchard: Timothy Findley's poignant collection of country-life writings. Timothy Findley and his companion William Whitehead freely admit they were innocent romantics when they purchased Stone Orchard farm over three decades ago. Both in the early stages of their writing careers, they reasoned that nothing could be more conducive to a writerly muse than a gently tumbling-down farmhouse nestled among the rolling hills of the southern Ontario countryside. And they were right. Since that first day they laid eyes upon Stone Orchard and its 50 acres of lawns, perennial gardens, fields of rippling grasses and dense, green woods, it has become much more than a home and a workplace. It has become a refuge for Tiff and Bill, an enduring haven of friendship and love for family, friends and neighbors. And, as they say, if only the walls could talk ... The walls have never talked so eloquently or endearingly as they do in From Stone Orchard, a collection of Timothy Findley's Harrowsmith columns - revised and expanded - plus new writings, all on life at a 19th-century farm just outside of Cannington, Ontario. Here are tales of the farm's past, both distant and recent: the comic coincidences leading to the naming of the swimming pool, and why Margaret Laurence would never dip her toe in it. Or the night dinner party guests went outside in the twilight, dressed like royalty, to watch a herd of majestic deer pass through the gardens. On the eve of their departure from Stone Orchard - it being time for Tiff and Bill to move on - Findley's writings achieve a new poignancy, as a piece of our literary heritage is remembered with humor, affection and magic. Beautifully designed and packaged with lovely woodcut drawings, From Stone Orchard will be a cherished keepsake for Timothy Findley's legions of loyal fans, as well as a treasured gift for anyone whose dreams transport them into the charming landscape of country life. HarperFlamingoCanada

Not Wanted on the Voyage is the story of the great flood and the first time the world ended, filed with an extraordinary cast of remarkable characters. With pathos and pageantry, desperation and hope, magic and mythology, this acclaimed novel weaves its unforgettable spell.

Findley has written a small gem of a novel in this World War II story set on the Home Front. Findley uses the device of a family photo album to recall the personal history and memories of the boy, Matthew Forbes, whose parents' marriage is dissolving during the time of the false peace of wartime Canada.

This collection of essays, journalistic pieces and diary entries provides a glimpse into the mind of author Timothy Findley. He describes his unusual research methods and gives his impressions and thoughts about other literary figures. Includes a portion of "Famous last words" which was removed before publication. Some strong language. Bestseller 1991.

Against a vivid terrain of images, Findley continues his exploration of the many diverse and destructive acts played out on the personal battlegrounds on which we live our daily lives. From the realities of contemporary relationships to a fantastic vision of urban life, from social comment to the deeply personal, Stones is a powerful collection of stories from one of Canada's best-loved writers.

Here is the powerful, haunting "Lemonade,"where a young boy's world is shattered by his mother's self-destruction, and eleven other stories, including "Dinner along the Amazon,"an unusual journey into the complexities of contemporary relationships.

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