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24 de abr. de 2015 · Read Books Ltd, Apr 24, 2015 - Fiction - 358 pages. “Sick Heart River” is a powerful and compelling novel originally published in 1941. It is John Buchan's last novel which was completed days before his death in 1940. It follows a dying protagonist, Edward Leithen, who confronts the question of the meaning of life while in the Canadian ...
7 de abr. de 2024 · John Buchan - Sick Heart River. Paul Young reads John Buchan's last novel, set in the Canadian wilderness. Available now. There are currently no available episodes. Supporting Content.
Sick Heart River (1941) was John Buchan's last novel, published after his death while in his final year of office as Governor-General of Canada, and many consider it his finest. This edition is helpfully annotated and has a substantial introduction which considers the novel's vital place in British and Canadian literature of the mid century.
14 de mai. de 2019 · Sick Heart River is John Buchan's most powerful novel and his last, completed days before his death. It was published posthumously in 1941. Buchan's rich descriptions of the rugged Canadian Northwest Territories are influenced by his real-life voyage down the Mackenzie River in 1937.
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Sick Heart River features one of Buchan's most likeable returning characters, Sir Edward Leithen: barrister, Member of Parliament and all round splendid chap. This time around however there is a macabre twist - as the book begins Leithen has just received some terrible news from his doctor, he is suffering from tuberculosis and only has, according to the best medical opinions available, about ...
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1 de jul. de 2007 · Sick Heart River is John Buchan's most powerful novel and his last, completed days before his death. It was published posthumously in 1941. Buchan's rich descriptions of the rugged Canadian Northwest Territories are influenced by his real-life voyage down the Mackenzie River in 1937. At that time, Buchan was Governor-General of Canada.
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