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Newspaper Article
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1994
Overview
Add to the list Robertson Davies and Michael Ondaatje, writing often difficult, usually stunning novels. There's also Morley Callaghan, Alice Munro and Mavis Gallant, each creating often translucent short stories that are admired around the globe and will still be read in the 25th century. Where would one put W. O. Mitchell? Certainly in one of the higher ranks of writing. Certainly anyone who has been moved by his (one?) masterpiece, Who Has Seen the Wind , would agree, as would fans of his charming and often delightful Jake and the Kid , dramatized so wittily on CBC radio and television, and his often hilarious novels, including Roses Are Difficult Here , which I just loved. Some of the descriptions of the foothills town are both memorable and witty. But the puns on the devil/hell are both endless and drearily obvious. And the writing is repetitive and even dull, something one doesn't expect from the usually flamboyantly vulgar and lively prose of Mitchell. This is far, far, far from his best work. Phooey.
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Postmedia Network Inc
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