![]() ![]() Smallwood, born in 1900, is the first of thirteen children raised from the 'scruff' of Newfoundland, as opposed to the 'quality'. a brilliant and bravura literary performance". ![]() The New York Times said, "this prodigious, eventful, character-rich book is a noteworthy achievement: a biting, entertaining and inventive saga. ![]() Narrated from Smallwood's perspective, it voices a deep longing on the part of the Newfoundlander to do something significant, "commensurate with the greatness of the land itself". The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, a Canadian bestseller, is a novel about Newfoundland that centres on the story of Joe Smallwood, the true-life controversial political figure who ushered the island through confederation with Canada and became its first premier. Shortlisted for the Mann/Booker Prize, the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award for fiction. New York Public Libraries Best Book Award, 1999. Thomas Raddall/Atlantic Fiction Award 1998/9. #1 best seller in Canada, and a best seller in the US, Austrailia and the Netherlands.Ĭanadian Authors' Association Best Novel 1998. ![]()
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