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TWO SOLITUDES, by Hugh MacLennan: The RARE Edition by Duell, Sloan and Pearce of New York, USA (1945 1st Ed.)

TWO SOLITUDES, by Hugh MacLennan: The RARE Edition by Duell, Sloan and Pearce of New York, USA (1945 1st Ed.)

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Author: Hugh MacLennan. Published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce of New York, USA, 1645, 1st Edition. Printed in the United States of America by H. Wolff, New York. Very Good Condition HARDCOVER Book. Clean inside, except the 1st owners name on the front free page, tight spine. Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inch, 370 pages.

Famous Canadian Author Hugh MacLennan’s TWO SOLITUDES is the story of two peoples within one nation, each with its own legend and ideas of what a nation should be.

In his vivid portrayals of human drama in First World War–era Quebec, MacLennan focuses on two individuals whose love increases the prejudices that surround them until they discover that “love consists in this, that two solitudes protect, and touch and greet each other.”The novel centres around Paul Tallard and his struggles in reconciling the differences between the English identity of his love Heather Methuen and her family, and the French identity of his father. Against this backdrop the country is forming, the chasm between French and English communities growing deeper. Published in 1945, the novel popularized the use of “two solitudes” as referring to a perceived lack of communication between English- and French-speaking Canadians.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Hugh MacLennan CC CQ FRSL FRSC (March 20, 1907 – November 9, 1990) was a Canadian writer and professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award.

For more info on this Author, please see: Hugh MacLennan | The Canadian Encyclopedia

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