Dry Water (Canadian Literature Collection): A Novel by Robert J.C. Stead - Softcover

Stead, Robert J.C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0776606751 ISBN 13: 9780776606750

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press, 2008

Synopsis

"Dry Water" tells the story of Donald Strand, from the time of his arrival as a ten-year-old orphan at his relatives' Manitoba farm in 1890 to his apogee as a successful farmer. It recounts the crises he faces during a troubled marriage and the great stock market crash of 1929. His life parallels the growth and development of Manitoba during the same period. Stead considered "Dry Water", written in 1934-1935, to be his crowning achievement. He was unable to find a publisher for it during his lifetime, although an abridged edition was published by "Tecumseh Press" in 1983. This new edition includes the complete typescript, a critical introduction, and explanatory notes that place this novel in its proper literary and historical context.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert James Campbell Stead was born in 1880 in Lanark County, Ontario. Early in his childhood he moved to Cartwright, Manitoba, which would later inspire the setting for much of his fiction. Among the thirteen novels and books of verse he wrote between 1908 and 1931, his most well-known to date is Grain (1926). He died in 1959. Neil Querengesser is professor of English at Concordia University College of Alberta. Jean Horton is professor emerita of English at Concordia University College of Alberta.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0776606751
• ISBN 13: 9780776606750
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Querengesser Neil, Horton Jean