Michael Crummey is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Little Dogs: New and Selected Poems and Passengers, and the short fiction collection Flesh and Blood. His first novel, River Thieves, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and his second novel, The Wreckage, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His third novel, Galore, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Canada and the Caribbean) and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. His fourth novel, Sweetland, was also a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. His most recent novel, The Innocents, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award. Michael Crummey lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.
Synopsis
The Adversary
A novel about the unshakeable animosity between a brother and sister and a community increasingly divided as the feud spirals further into vendettas and violence each year. Through seasons of want and uncertainty, through predatory storms and pandemics and marauding privateers, it is the human heart the reveals itself to be the most formidable adversary each person faces. A pitch-perfect evocation of a lost time and a shadowed mirror to our modern politics of grievance and retribution.
The Adversary
Sessions in which Michael Crummey participates
Les Brumes du Coude - Les Brumes du Coude | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
Lunch-in-Conversation / Dîner-entretien
Michael Crummey (Speaker)
Meghan Kemp-Gee (Moderator)
Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
In-Conversation Event / Entretien
Michel Jean (Speaker)
Mikella Nicol (Speaker)
Luba Markovskaia (Speaker)
Michael Crummey (Speaker)
Arianne Des Rochers, Université de Moncton (Moderator)
Sessions in which Michael Crummey attends
Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
Reading / Lecture
Drew Lavigne (Performer)
Paul Bossé (Performer)
Jake Byrne (Performer)
Meghan Kemp-Gee (Performer)
Dyane Léger (Performer)
Andréane Frenette-Vallières (Performer)
Marie Darsigny (Performer)
Sean Michaels (Performer)