![]() ![]() The Canadian novel today is a more introverted novel without that pure outlook on life.'' The Third Trilogy ![]() With so many people living in towns and cities now, those country-dweller novels are no longer representative. She loved the land so much she used to go out in the spring, open her blouse, root in the soft loam and get closer to the Canadian earth. ''There was a rather strong girl in it from northern Europe. ''I remember one novel years ago, which I won't identify, that was hailed as the great Canadian novel,'' he continued. There was a Frenchman who talked funny and a greenhorn from England who was a fancy pants but when it came to the crunch he was all courage. In the plot, people came to the land the land loved them they worked and struggled and had lots of children. ''What used to be called a Canadian novel was a kind of prairie frontier story, but it was phony. ''Ah, that is a very tricky question,'' the Toronto author responded. Robertson Davies was asked the other day if there was a particular quality that distinguished the Canadian novel from those written in England or the United States, where his books grow increasingly popular. ![]()
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