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Sweetland
Book • 2015
Sweetland follows an elderly fisherman who refuses to leave his isolated Newfoundland home as resettlement policies and modern pressures encroach on community life.
Crummey paints a tender and poignant portrait of attachment to place, memory, and the rhythms of rural life.
The novel explores themes of displacement, aging, and the costs of progress through evocative language and local detail.
It balances sadness with dark humor and deep empathy for characters rooted in their landscape.
Sweetland is praised for its emotional depth and strong sense of cultural specificity.
Crummey paints a tender and poignant portrait of attachment to place, memory, and the rhythms of rural life.
The novel explores themes of displacement, aging, and the costs of progress through evocative language and local detail.
It balances sadness with dark humor and deep empathy for characters rooted in their landscape.
Sweetland is praised for its emotional depth and strong sense of cultural specificity.
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Michael Crummey
Margaret Atwood and Michael Crummey on ‘The Art of the Story’
