Gaffer : a novel of Newfoundland / Kevin Major.
Gaffer : a novel of Newfoundland / Kevin Major.
By
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Major, Kevin, 1949-
Publication Date
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1997
Publication Information
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Toronto : Doubleday Canada,
Physical Description
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202 p. : ill., map.
Subject Term
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Young adult fiction.
Time travel -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Summary
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Gaffer is a surreal, haunting novel of a young man tied to a place, but able to explore the depths of the sea and swim freely across the tides of time. Living in a dying outpost town and haunted by the memory of his father's death aboard the doomed Ocean Ranger, Gaffer is obsessively drawn to the sea. Miraculously, he is transformed into a fish-like creature capable of taking to the ocean, where he experiences episodes from Newfoundland's past, and is granted a dark vision of its future. With a master's grace, Kevin Major weaves the distinctive language of Newfoundland into a narrative that is both poetic and profoundly moving.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780385256674
General Note
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Map on endpapers.
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