Hugh Hood (1928–2000)

Autore di Flying a Red Kite

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While he is best known as a writer of short stories, Hugh Hood's fourth novel, You Can't Get There from Here (1972), exhibits his usual skill at characterization, and a concern with descriptive prose, dialogue, and ironic humor. Hood's humor features universal themes and a strong moral tone, the mostra altro latter being a product of the author's Roman Catholic sensibility. You Can't Get There from Here is a satirical look at multinational corporations and philanthropists who descend on third world countries. His several collections of short stories include August Nights, Flying a Red Kite (1962), and None Genuine without This Signature. The subject matter of these stories "shapes a chronicle of our age," and their "didactic impulse" and "moral vision" reflect what Hood himself calls "the primal guarantee of the actual, the authentic certificate of its existence which God provides, the signature in the heart of the existent." The first volume in Hood's proposed cycle of 12 novels appeared in 1975: The Swing in the Garden. It was followed by: A New Athens (1977), Reservoir Ravine (1979), Black and White Keys (1982), The Scenic Art (1984), The Motor Boys in Ottawa (1986), and Tony's Book (1988). Under the collective title of The New Age, these novels trace through a character named Matthew Goderich the connected histories of a man and a family from 1880 to 2000. Hood was born in Toronto and received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University. He has taught at the University of Montreal. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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The New Age/Le nouveau siècle

Opere di Hugh Hood

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Flying a Red Kite (1962) 21 copie

The Swing in the Garden (1975) 17 copie

A new Athens (1977) 10 copie

The Camera Always Lies (1967) 9 copie

Property and Value (1990) 7 copie

Near Water (The New Age Number 12) (2000) 7 copie

White Figure, White Ground (1964) 7 copie

Around the mountain : Scenes from Montreal Life (1967) 7 copie

Reservoir Ravine (1979) 7 copie

None genuine without this signature (1980) 6 copie

Black and White Keys (1982) 6 copie

Dead Men's Watches: The New Age/Le nouveau siècle Part Ten (1995) 5 copie

Tony's book (1988) 5 copie

Be sure to close your eyes : a novel (1993) 5 copie

Unsupported Assertions (1991) 5 copie

A Short Walk in the Rain: The Collected Stories II (1989) 5 copie

The Motor Boys in Ottawa (1986) 4 copie

Great realizations : a novel (1997) 4 copie

You'll Catch Your Death (1992) 4 copie

A game of touch (1970) 4 copie

The Scenic Art:The New Age/Le nouveau siècle Part Five (1984) 3 copie

The Fruit Man, the Meat Man and the Manager (1971) 3 copie

The Isolation Booth (1991) 3 copie

Light shining out of darkness and other stories (2001) 3 copie

Dark glasses (1976) 3 copie

The Governor's Bridge is closed (1973) 3 copie

Strength Down Centre: The Jean Beliveau Story (1970) 3 copie

After All! (2003) 3 copie

Five new facts about Giorgione (1987) 2 copie

Selected stories (1978) 2 copie

August Nights (1985) 2 copie

You can't get there from here (1973) 2 copie

The collected stories 1 copia

Glasgow The River Underground 1 copia

Fatal recurrences: New fiction in English from Montréal (1984) — A cura di — 1 copia

The River Behind Things (in The Porcupine's Quill, Inc. Reader - INKSTER) 1 copia

Trusting the Tale (1983) 1 copia

After the Sirens 1 copia

Scoring: The Art of Hockey. (1979) 1 copia

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From Ink Lake: Canadian Stories (1990) — Collaboratore — 130 copie

The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (1986) — Collaboratore — 112 copie

The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories (1986) — Collaboratore — 73 copie

Great Canadian Short Stories (1971) — Collaboratore — 53 copie

Man Against Tomorrow (1965) — Collaboratore — 28 copie

The Best American Short Stories 1966 (1966) — Collaboratore — 17 copie

The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Short Stories (1982) — Collaboratore — 13 copie

Sixteen by twelve;: Short stories by Canadian writers (1970) — Collaboratore — 7 copie

Other Canadas: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1979) — Collaboratore — 7 copie

THE FIDDLEHEAD Mar - Apr 1970, Number 84, 25th Anniversary (1970) — Collaboratore — 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale: Hood, Hugh John Blagdon
Data di nascita: 1928-04-30
Data di morte: 2000-08-01
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: Canada
Luogo di nascita: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Luogo di morte: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Luogo di residenza: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Attività lavorative: novelist
short story writer
university professor
Premi e riconoscimenti: Order of Canada

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Property and Value: The New Age/Le nouveau siècle… di Hugh Hood

Still musing on the significance of the title, not immediately obvious to me. Set in a richly evoked Venice, owing nothing to the guidebooks. A movie based on Marcel’s trip to Venice in Albertine Disparue is being filmed on site. Main characters have a sexual interlude of great erotic power. What it all adds up to will perhaps have to wait until further novels in the series.

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booksaplenty1949 | Aug 2, 2021 |

The Motor Boys in Ottawa: The New Age/Le nouveau… di Hugh Hood

The Narrator's Oedipal griping set against the backdrop of the Auto Pact and other events on the Canadian federal political scene in the 1960s. Better than it sounds. Reminded me at times of Richard Hughes' The Human Predicament project which I read recently.

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booksaplenty1949 | Jan 9, 2015 |

Black and White Keys: The New Age/ Le nouveau siècle… di Hugh Hood

Part intensely personal and Torontonian, part philosophical examination of the Holocaust. Both themes deeply, almost painfully felt. A book of textures.

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booksaplenty1949 | Jun 25, 2012 |

Reservoir Ravine: The New Age/Le nouveau siècle Part… di Hugh Hood

Proust/A Dance to the Music of Time, but Canadian. For some, no doubt, a description of Worst Book Ever. I, however am finding The New Age series increasingly engrossing. Religious themes, Toronto landmarks, the persistence of memory.

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booksaplenty1949 | Mar 14, 2012 |

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