The Last Tasmanian
276 pages
Published: August 1, 2001
Fiction / Novels
Paperback: 9780864923172 $18.99
Winner, Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
Shortlisted, Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Canada and the Caribbean
The Last Tasmanian has reaped more national and international recognition than any other novel by Herb Curtis. First published in 1991, it has remained in print continuously in its original edition and later in The Brennen Siding Trilogy. Now it's available again as a separate volume in the GLE Library Series.
Published: August 1, 2001
Fiction / Novels
Paperback: 9780864923172 $18.99
Winner, Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
Shortlisted, Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Canada and the Caribbean
The Last Tasmanian has reaped more national and international recognition than any other novel by Herb Curtis. First published in 1991, it has remained in print continuously in its original edition and later in The Brennen Siding Trilogy. Now it's available again as a separate volume in the GLE Library Series.
Brennen Siding, a hamlet on a small tributary of the famous Miramichi River, is home to an unforgettable crew — Shadrack Nash and his friend Dryfly Ramsey; Dry's mother, the homely, destitute Shirley, and Nutbeam, the big-eared hermit she marries; the American sports who come to the Cabbage Island Salmon Club to fish; and, above all, Hilda Porter, the elderly schoolteacher who treasures the story of Trucanini, the last Tasmanian on earth. Hilda herself is the last of the Porters, and, amid the invasion of TV, Elvis, and rich Americans, Shad and Dry may be the last true natives of Brennen Siding.
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Author
Herb Curtis was raised near Blackville, on the Miramichi, and now lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick. His collection of short fiction, Luther Corhern's Salmon Camp Chronicles (1999), was nominated for the Stephen Leacock Award. The Last Tasmanian (1991, 2001), one of four novels, garnered the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and was a regional finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
Awards
Winner: Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
Shortlisted: Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Canada and the Caribbean
Shortlisted: Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Canada and the Caribbean
Reviews
"Quite simply, this is a wonderful book. It has everything that anyone in search of a splendid read could possibly want." — Books in Canada
"Curtis's writing is confident, filled with startling images and witty, incisive stabs at Canadian issues." — Toronto Star
"Curtis's writing is confident, filled with startling images and witty, incisive stabs at Canadian issues." — Toronto Star
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