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Earle Birney

    Earle Birney fue un poeta y novelista canadiense cuya obra se caracteriza por su fuerte lirismo y su examen crítico de la sociedad. Exploró temas de identidad, naturaleza y los desafíos de la vida moderna. Su voz distintiva y sus perspicaces observaciones lo convirtieron en una figura significativa de la literatura canadiense.

    Down the Long Table
    Turvey
    • 2021
    • 1977

      Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody’s idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap. A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney’s comic masterpiece becomes an unforgettable indictment of war. Turvey won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1949.

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