![]() ![]() The nostalgia Newfoundlanders have felt for the possibilities of the island, and that they still have for the future. ![]() Johnston says the title of the book evokes It was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award in 2017. A major literary device in the novel is the intertwining of his life, since childhood, with (fictional) journalist Sheilagh Fielding.Ī stage adaptation by Robert Chafe premiered in February 2015. Ī work of historical fiction, the novel presents a fictionalized portrayal of real-life Newfoundland politician Joey Smallwood, the political leader who brought the province into Canadian Confederation in 1949. In 2003, Justin Trudeau championed the book on CBC Radio's Canada Reads. Johnston's breakthrough work, the novel was a Canadian bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 1998 Giller Prize and the 1998 Governor General's Award for English fiction. ![]() The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is a novel by Wayne Johnston, published on Septemby Knopf Canada. ![]()
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