Tiff : a life of Timothy Findley / Sherrill Grace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grace, Sherrill, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Findley, Timothy.

Authors, Canadian--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Canadian.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 512 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier Press, [2020]

Summary:

"A meticulously researched deep dive into a troubled and fascinating life---passionate, engaged, often messy, vastly rewarding." --

MARGARET ATWOOD --

"Timothy Findley was a brilliant novelist, but over time I was privileged to know the man behind the novels. Despite a writer's need for solitude, he was extraordinarily generous with his time and insight, and had a true talent for friendship and mentorship, qualities that shine through in this remarkable biography. Sherrill Grace never allows her meticulous research to overshadow the story of an extraordinarily engrossing, multi-faceted life." --

SYLVIA TYSON, SINGER/SONGWRITER, AUTHOR OF JOYNER'S DREAM --

"A tactful, sensitive, generous storyteller, Sherrill Grace recounts the life of one of Canada's greatest storytellers, illuminating his life and work, the people he knew and the cultural times in which he performed that life so passionately. We follow him as he learns his craft through writing and through living that intense, well-examined, if often tormented, life. At once learned and elegant, this immensely readable biography is a glorious summing up of all the themes of his work and life." --

LINDA HUTCHEON, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, AUTHOR OF THE CANADIAN POSTMODERN --

Timothy Findley was a writer who arrived at his vocation by way of the stage, a storyteller who shifted from the speaking of others' words to the crafting of his own. In 77/f Sherrill Grace brings thoughtful attention to both the man and the work, the latter of which notably marked the national literature by its particular obsessions and inventions." --

ANDREW PYPER, AUTHOR OF THE DEMONOLOGIST AND THE HOMECOMING --Book Jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: One. The Landscape of Memory

-1870 TO 1949

One. Inside Findley's Memory

Two. Living with the Dead

Three. Going up to Rosedale

Two. The Canadian Protege

-1950 TO 1962

Four. Leaving Home

Five. Actor or Writer?

Six. Beginning Again

-and Again

Three. Can You See Me Now?

-1962 TO 1989

Seven. Becoming a Writer

Eight. The Golden Age of Canadian Writing

Nine. The Second World War and the Faces of Fascism

Ten. Staring Down Despair: Stories, Lectures, and The Telling of Lies

Four. Still Paying Attention

-1990 TO 2002

Eleven. The Canadian Findley

Twelve. Not Yet.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Grace, Sherrill, 1944- Tiff.

ISBN:

9781771124539

1771124539

OCLC:

1111388255