of this earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest
“A remarkable insider’s view of Canada’s ownGrapes of Wrath-like internal migration during the Dirty Thirties, and the way it transformed a ‘bushyard bumpkin’ into Western Canada’s most iconic novelist. . . .Vigorous . . . vivid. . . .Of This Earthis a wonderful gift to patient readers who delight in remembering timessoo lang tridj, daut es meist nijch meea soo(so long ago, it is almost no longer so.)”—The Globe and Mail“Wiebe is one of Canada’s most prolific and most esteemed writers. . . . The poeticmemoir traces both the growth of a young man and the growth of a writer.”—The Record(Kitchener-Waterloo)“When he sets words to image, Cornelius Krieghoff-like masterpieces emerge.”—The Gazette(Montreal)“Wiebe wields the disparate funny, sad and messy facts of his Depression-era rural-Saskatchewan childhood in an engrossing way. He packs in the detail, but keeps the narrative moving.Of This Earthis a fine memoir.”—Winnipeg Free Press“The geniusof Wiebe’s writing [is his] ability to take what is a single event in a community’s life, relate it to the world at large, and make it as personal as is possible.”—Calgary Herald“It is safe to predict thatOf This Earthwill become a classic, and shows Wiebe at his best: clear-eyed, wise and with a writing style that’s as vigorous as it is evocative. . . . This one may well be his masterpiece. . . . There is a profound depth of memory in the book.”—Edmonton Journal(profile)“InOf This Earth, Rudy Wiebe tells the story of his early years in Speedwell, Sask., and he tells it in prose of striking beauty and simplicity. . . . It is a lovely book, and I would not be at all surprised if in years to come it emerges as a classic of growing up in the Canadian West. . . . unforgettable, heartbreaking . . . .Of This Earthmay remind the reader . . . of the autobiographies of Tolstoy and Herzen . . . in their mix of the elemental, the serene and the wondrous. Those works are among the masterpieces of autobiography, and Wiebe’s work stands close beside them.”—Edmonton Journal(review)Praise forSweeter than All the World:• NATIONAL BESTSELLER“One of Canada’s most gifted writers – a peerless delineator of his country’s history and soul.”–Canadian Jewish News“Rudy Wiebe has written his epic. . . . Richly satisfying and worth reading and pondering again and again.”–Kitchener-Waterloo Record“Wiebe succeeds in making [history] dramatic, intriguing, romantic and tragic.”–Calgary HeraldFrom the Hardcover edition.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.