Ethan Canin is celebrated for his captivating short stories and resonant novels, exploring a diverse literary landscape. His work is noted for its profound wisdom and exquisite beauty, whether in concise novellas or expansive narratives. Canin transitioned from medicine to literature, dedicating himself to writing and teaching, where he now nurtures emerging literary talent. His unique voice and insightful prose offer readers a distinctive exploration of the human condition.
Delving into complex family dynamics and personal growth, the stories feature characters grappling with challenges like environmental concerns, marital strife, and self-identity. Cannin's compassionate narrative style captures their transformative moments with keen insight, humor, and elegance, offering readers a profound exploration of human experience.
Renowned for its exceptional craftsmanship and emotional depth, this work showcases the remarkable talent and charm of Ethan Canin. The narrative captivates readers with its intricate storytelling and profound themes, leaving a lasting impact. Canin's ability to weave relatable characters and poignant moments elevates the reading experience, making it a standout piece in contemporary literature.
Searing scenes place Canin in a particular East Coast American tradition of meticulously detailed domestic realism that descends through a line of Johns - Cheever, Updike, Irving . These influences, though, add up to a remarkable achievement of Canin's own. This is big, serious, completely involving fiction of a kind rarely written today ... Canin has achieved a proof of his own high value to American fiction Mark Lawson Guardian
Breathtaking in its suspense and beauty, Carry Me Across the Water is the story of a man’s turbulent journey, with his family, through the central years of the twentieth century. Young August Kleinman escapes from Nazi Germany to America, where his mother’s words—“Take the advice of no one”—fate him to a life of boldness and originality, from the poor streets of New York to the marble mansions of industrial Pittsburgh, from old world Hamburg to the jungle islands of the Pacific. Ultimately, near the end of a long and bountiful life, his resolution of a haunting encounter with a Japanese soldier during World War Two finally illuminates, at the deepest levels, the way authentic lives truly unfold. From the writer hailed as “the most mature and accomplished novelist of his generation” (Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio) comes this “exquisitely modulated short novel” (Los Angeles Times), which “eases its silky-smooth way into a reader’s consciousness even as it plumbs the depths” (Newsday).
From the celebrated author of The Palace Thief and Emperor of the Air, comes this stunning novel about the relationship between two very different men. Orno Tarcher travels from a small town in Missouri to New York City to attend Columbia University, where he begins a new life feeling unsophisticated and insecure. He soon strikes up a friendship with Marshall Emerson, a seductive and brilliant New Yorker whose sophistication dazzles Orno. As time passes, Marshall is revealed to be bent on destruction, and Orno's involvment with Marshall's worldly sister further complicates their friendship. Carefully crafted and skillfully informed by the works of Fitzgerald and Waugh, For Kings and Planets is a remarkable novel. A New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and Minneapolis StarTribune bestseller, and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998.
The story unfolds the day after Lawrence appears at Edward's door after 15 years, exploring their past and the origins of their differences.
In the early 1970s, Corey Sifter, the son of working-class parents, becomes a yard boy on the grand estate of the powerful Metarey family. Soon, through the family's generosity, he is a student at a private boarding school and an aide to the great New York senator Henry Bonwiller, who is running for president. Before long, Corey finds himself involved with one of the Metarey daughters as well, and he begins to leave behind the world of his upbringing. As the Bonwiller campaign gains momentum, Corey finds himself caught up in a complex web of events in which loyalty, politics, sex, and gratitude conflict with morality love, and the truth.
Ghana imports $100 million rice a year, mainly from Thailand and the US, which represents an unsustainable burden on the country's trade and exchange balances; and primary cause of devastation to the national economy. This book first provides an account of economic developments in the country since 1920, arguing that this is a period largely characterised by over-dependency on cocoa. It examines the extent to which past Ghanaian governments have succeeded in providing citizens with basic food, water, clothing and shelter; and compares Ghana's economic performance with countries which were in comparable or worse economic positions in the 1960s and 1970s, such as Malaysia, whose economic growth and sustainability have surpassed the performance of Ghana. The author then presents a blueprint or 'Kufuor Plan' addressed directly to the President. The plan, designed for immediate implementation, calls for active, official encouragement for a nation-wide industrial policy based on small-scale agriculture, and which uses local resources to generate profits for the country.
