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Theatre of fish travels through Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland is one of the most intriguing places in North America, a land of breathtaking but cruel beauty, populated by some of the saltiest, oddest characters you'll ever find. In Theatre of Fish, John Gimlette vividly describes the dense forests and forbidding coastlines and recounts the colorful and often tragic history of the region. He introduces us to the inhabitants, from the birds and moose to the descendants of the outlaws, deserters, and fishermen who settled this eastern edge of North America. Leavened with irreverence and affection, this is an irresistible portrait of life in extremis.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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  • "An extraordinary journey across the magnificent, delinquent coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. John Gimlettes journey across this harsh and awesome landscape, the eastern extreme of the Americas, broadly mirrors that of Dr Eliot Curwen, his great-grandfather, who spent a summer there as a doctor in 1893, and who was witness to some of the most beautiful ice and cruelest poverty in the British Empire. Using Curwens extraordinarily frank journal, John Gimlette revisits the places his great-grandfather encountered and along the way explores his own links with this harsh, often brutal, land. At the heart of the book however, are the outporters, the present-day inhabitants of these shores. Descended from last-hope Irishmen, outlaws, navy deserters and fishermen from Jersey and Dorset, these outporters are a warm, salty, witty and exuberant breed. They often speak with the accent and idioms of the original colonists, sometimes Shakespearean, sometimes just plain impenetrable. Theirs is a bizarre story; of houses (or saltboxes) that can be dragged across land or floated over the sea; of eating habits inherited from seventeenth-century sailors (salt beef, rum pease-pudding and molasses;) of Labradorians sealed in ice from October to June; of fishing villages that produced a diva to sing with Verdi; and of their own illicit, impromptu dramatics, the Mummers. This part-history-part-travelogue exploration of Newfoundland and Labradors coast and culture by a well-established travel writer is a glorious read to be enjoyed by both armchair tourist, and anyone contemplating a visit to Canadas far-eastern shores."
  • "Newfoundland is one of the most intriguing places in North America, a land of breathtaking but cruel beauty, populated by some of the saltiest, oddest characters you'll ever find. In Theatre of Fish, John Gimlette vividly describes the dense forests and forbidding coastlines and recounts the colorful and often tragic history of the region. He introduces us to the inhabitants, from the birds and moose to the descendants of the outlaws, deserters, and fishermen who settled this eastern edge of North America. Leavened with irreverence and affection, this is an irresistible portrait of life in extremis.From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
  • "John Gimlette's journey across the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador broadly mirrors that of Dr Eliot Curwen, his great-grandfather's, in 1893. Using Curwen's extraordinarily frank journal John Gimlette revists the places Curwen encountered and along the way explores his own links with this brutal land."@en
  • "Presents a journey through the harsh landscapes of the Canadian region of Newfoundland and Labrador, examining the area's unique history, culture, language, and the lives of the people living on the extreme edge of the Americas."@en
  • "Presents a journey through the harsh landscapes of the Canadian region of Newfoundland and Labrador, examining the area's unique history, culture, language, and the lives of the people living on the extreme edge of the Americas."
  • "John Gimlette's journey across this awesome and often brutal eastern extreme of the Americas broadly mirrors that of Dr. Eliot Curwen, his great-grandfather, in 1893. Using his great-grandfather's extraordinarily frank journal John Gimlette revisits the places the doctor encountered and along the way explores his own links with this brutal land."@en

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