No great Mischief review
Literary Review: “No Great Mischief”
“All of us are better when we are loved”, this is one the main ideas that Alistair MacLeod wishes to convey in his first novel “No Great Mischief”. Born in Saskatchewan, the Canadian author makes a remarkable debut as a first class novelist. The book has prized him several awards including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Trillium Award among others. MacLeod conducted his studies in the University of New Brunswick and Notre Dame, where he took his Ph.D. He worked as an English professor in the University of Windsor until he retired in the spring of 2000. His works include 3 prestigious books of short stories. In this novel, MacLeod executes a masterpiece with density and exquisite descriptions that will raise emotions in the hearts of the readers as they embark with him in this unpredictable journey.
On a September afternoon in Southern Ontario, Alexander MacDonald travels along Highway 3, to visit his older brother, Calum, once a great chief of the Scottish-Canadian clan in Cape Breton, but now an alcoholic that lives in a forgotten apartment in Toronto. “No great Mischief”, tells the story of the MacDonald’s that arrived to the New World in 1779 but remained loyal to their traditions. The story is narrated from Alexander MacDonald’s eyes. He grew up in Cape Breton and orphan at the age of 3, he and his twin sister were raised by their Grandparents; people whose motto was “Always look after your own blood”. They lived their childhood apart from their older brothers, but fate pulls them back together. After his graduation day, Alexander joins Calum and the Scottish clan to work at the uranium mines. Alexander unmasked the true meaning of family, compassion and death through heart-breaking and joyful stories. “No Great Mischief”…
One of the greatest qualities of this novel is the ease in which the author transports us to Cape Breton and the different places where the story takes place.
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“All of us are better when we are loved”, this is one the main ideas that Alistair MacLeod wishes to convey in his first novel “No Great Mischief”. Born in Saskatchewan, the Canadian author makes a remarkable debut as a first class novelist. The book has prized him several awards including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Trillium Award among others. MacLeod conducted his studies in the University of New Brunswick and Notre Dame, where he took his Ph.D. He worked as an English professor in the University of Windsor until he retired in the spring of 2000. His works include 3 prestigious books of short stories. In this novel, MacLeod executes a masterpiece with density and exquisite descriptions that will raise emotions in the hearts of the readers as they embark with him in this unpredictable journey.
On a September afternoon in Southern Ontario, Alexander MacDonald travels along Highway 3, to visit his older brother, Calum, once a great chief of the Scottish-Canadian clan in Cape Breton, but now an alcoholic that lives in a forgotten apartment in Toronto. “No great Mischief”, tells the story of the MacDonald’s that arrived to the New World in 1779 but remained loyal to their traditions. The story is narrated from Alexander MacDonald’s eyes. He grew up in Cape Breton and orphan at the age of 3, he and his twin sister were raised by their Grandparents; people whose motto was “Always look after your own blood”. They lived their childhood apart from their older brothers, but fate pulls them back together. After his graduation day, Alexander joins Calum and the Scottish clan to work at the uranium mines. Alexander unmasked the true meaning of family, compassion and death through heart-breaking and joyful stories. “No Great Mischief”…
One of the greatest qualities of this novel is the ease in which the author transports us to Cape Breton and the different places where the story takes place.
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