Our December Guest Maritime Christmas Stories【電子書籍】[ Wayne Curtis ]

＜p＞In Our December Guest, Wayne Curtis once again draws on his own experiences to craft nineteen stories of autumn and winter life in rural New Brunswick in an age gone by. Authentic and true in every detail, his characters combine the strength and resilience required to eke out a living from the woods and the rivers as well as a sensitivity to the beauty of nature and an appreciation of the arts. Lacking town culture, Curtis’s men and women make their own entertainment after a long day’s work. The music they render may not be polished, but it is heartfelt, as is every aspect of their activities, either of work or play. Their lives are hard, and the parents and grandparents in these stories have often lived their entire lives in one place, working past the age when those in urban centres would have retired. Yet despite the bone-wearying efforts they must make every day to keep their farms running, Curtis’s characters have a deep appreciation for both the bounty their natural world prov．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る