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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1997-1998
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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9780385257299
General Note
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Map on endpapers.
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Bonavista (BBA) | YA Fic NL | YA Fiction NL | FIC MAJ | Please Request |
Carbonear (ACR) | YA Fic NL | YA Fiction NL | FIC MAJ | Checked In |
Fox Harbour (AFH) | YA Fic NL | YA Fiction NL | FIC MAJ | Checked In |
Placentia (APA) | YA Fic NL | YA Fiction NL | FIC MAJ | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT FIC NL - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction NL - Basement | FIC MAJ | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC MAJ | NonCirculating |