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message 1: by Leah (last edited Jan 02, 2009 07:44PM) (new)
Jan 02, 2009 07:44PM

1293927 Technically Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka, but I think his work (which includes The English Patient and Divisadero) is considered Canadian, and very good :)


message 2: by Abi (new)
Jan 11, 2009 04:37AM

904335 Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

The Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies


message 3: by Carol (last edited Jan 13, 2009 06:04AM) (new)
Jan 13, 2009 06:03AM

1658022 Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies


message 4: by Leah (last edited Jan 19, 2009 05:05PM) (new)
Jan 19, 2009 05:04PM

1293927 I really liked Oryx and Crake as well, but I am sad to say it was the only Margaret Atwood I've read. Anyone have any suggestions for another that they've liked?



message 5: by Carol (new)
Jan 19, 2009 11:06PM

1658022 I came across this website that lists lots of good Canadian fiction:
http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/


message 6: by Abi (new)
Jan 20, 2009 01:19AM

904335 The Handmaid's Tale is the only other one I've read by her that I enjoyed, but I'm pretty sure Cat's Eye and The Robber Bride are highly acclaimed. Don't bother with Lady Oracle, though.


message 7: by Anna (new)
Jan 20, 2009 10:23PM

202331 Definitely Margaret Atwood. I'd read The edible woman and it was good.


message 8: by El (new)
Jan 31, 2009 06:02PM

83144 Leah, there are very few Margaret Atwood books I didn't enjoy. I always recommend her as one of my favorite writers.


message 9: by Tracy (last edited Feb 25, 2009 02:46AM) (new)
Feb 08, 2009 11:29PM

Nophoto-f-25x33 Carol, Fifth Business is one of my favorite novels! I also loved Davies's Cornish Trilogy.

And I LOVE the YA series "Anne of Green Gables" and "Emily of New Moon" by Lucy Maud Montgomery.


message 10: by Laura (new)
Apr 03, 2009 03:58AM

900147 The Stone Carvers and The Underpainter by Jane Urquhart


message 11: by Amanda (new)
Apr 27, 2009 05:47PM

1822802 I've read quite a few Atwood and my favorite is Alias Grace.

But I also love Carol Shields. Some of her books are a bit dated, which I still enjoy (ie - Happenstance Two Novels in One About a Marriage in Transition and Swann). The one I am most likely to recommend generally is Unless A Novel.


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