Steven Galloway





Steven Galloway

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Galloway was born in Vancouver, and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia. He attended the University College of the Cariboo and the University of British Columbia. His debut novel, Finnie Walsh, was nominated for the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. His second novel, Ascension, was nominated for the BC Book Prizes' Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and has been translated into numerous languages. His third novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo, was published in spring of 2008. It was heralded as "the work of an expert" by the Guardian, and has become an international bestseller with rights sold in 20 countries. Galloway has taught creative writing at the University of British Columbia and taught and mentored creative writing in The Writer...more


Average rating: 3.97 · 5,980 ratings · 1,286 reviews · 4 distinct works
The Cellist of Sarajevo
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 5,861 ratings — published 2008 — 25 editions
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Ascension
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions
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Finnie Walsh
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“She felt an enveloping happiness to be alive, a joy made stronger by the certainty that someday it would all come to an end. Afterward she felt a little foolish, and never spoke to anyone about it.
Now, however, she knows she wasn't being foolish. She realizes that for no particular reason she stumbled into the core of what it is to be human. It's a rare gift to under stand that you life is wondrous, and that it won't last forever. ”
Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

“This is how....life happens. One small thing at a time. A series of inconsequential junctions, any or none of which can lead to salvation or disaster. There are no grand moments where a person does or does not perform the act that defines their humanity. There are only moments that appear, briefly, to be this way.”
Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

“You don't choose what to believe. Belief chooses you.”
Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

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