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Wild Geese

by Martha Ostenso
David Arnason
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Wild Geese caused a sensation when it was first published in 1925. To a generation bred on sentimental escapist literature, the idea of a heroine as wild as a bronco and as fiery as a tigress was nothing short of revolutionary. In the character of Judith Gare, Martha Ostenso had painted so naked and uncompromising a portrait of human passion and need that it crossed all bounds of propriety and convention.
Today, Wild Geese is widely recognized as a milestone in the development of modern realist fiction. Set on the windswept prairies of northern Manitoba, it is a story of love and tyranny, of destruction and survival, told with vigour and lyric beauty. It is also a poignant evocation of loneliness, which, like the call of the wild geese, is beyond human warmth, beyond tragedy, “an endless quest.”
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Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

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  • ISBN: 9781551992853
  • Release date: October 23, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781551992853
  • File size: 1958 KB
  • Release date: October 23, 2012

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Wild Geese caused a sensation when it was first published in 1925. To a generation bred on sentimental escapist literature, the idea of a heroine as wild as a bronco and as fiery as a tigress was nothing short of revolutionary. In the character of Judith Gare, Martha Ostenso had painted so naked and uncompromising a portrait of human passion and need that it crossed all bounds of propriety and convention.
Today, Wild Geese is widely recognized as a milestone in the development of modern realist fiction. Set on the windswept prairies of northern Manitoba, it is a story of love and tyranny, of destruction and survival, told with vigour and lyric beauty. It is also a poignant evocation of loneliness, which, like the call of the wild geese, is beyond human warmth, beyond tragedy, “an endless quest.”
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