{"product_id":"arrival-the-story-of-canlit-9781487005436","title":"Arrival: The Story of Canlit","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-twentieth century, Canadian literature transformed from a largely ignored trickle of books into an enormous cultural phenomenon that produced Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, Mordecai Richler, and so many others. In \u003cem\u003eArrival\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed writer and critic Nick Mount answers the question: What caused the CanLit Boom?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten with wit and panache, \u003cem\u003eArrival\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a literary awakening. Interwoven with Mount's vivid tale are enlightening mini-biographies of the people who made it happen, from superstars Leonard Cohen and Marie-Claire Blais to lesser-known lights like the troubled and impassioned Harold Sonny Ladoo. The full range of Canada's literary boom is here: the underground exploits of the \u003cem\u003eblew ointment\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTish\u003c\/em\u003e gangs; revolutionary critical forays by highbrow academics; the blunt-force trauma of our plain-spoken backwoods poetry; and the urgent political writing that erupted from the turmoil in Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e House of Anansi Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487005436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Nick Mount","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36653365362844,"sku":"9781487005436","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9cf7aefe-55a1-4a04-a31a-2781d5920431.jpg?v=1603881574","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/arrival-the-story-of-canlit-9781487005436","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}