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Hockey Dreams: Penguin Modern Classics Edition

by David Adams Richards

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A timeless reflection on hockey, not only as a sport, but as a lens through which to view a nation, Hockey Dreams by award-winning author David Adams Richards is now available as a Penguin Modern Classic.      With ... Read more
A timeless reflection on hockey, not only as a sport, but as a lens through which to view a nation, Hockey Dreams by award-winning author David Adams Richards is now available as a Penguin Modern Classic.


     With a voice as Canadian as winter, David Adams Richards reflects on the place of hockey in the Canadian soul.
     The lyrical narrative of Hockey Dreams flows from Richards'' boyhood games on the Miramichi to heated debates with university professors who dare to back the wrong team. It examines the globalization of hockey, and how Canadians react to the threat of foreigners beating us at "our" game.
     Part memoir, part essay on national identity, part hockey history, Hockey Dreams is a meditation by one of Canada''s finest writers on the essence of the game that helps define our nation. Less

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File size8 X 5.2 X 0.5 in
Print pages224
PublisherDoubleday Canada
Publication date October 2, 2018
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780385690560
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David Adams Richards
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DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS is one of Canada's preeminent writers. His recent novels include Principles to Live By, as well as Crimes Against My Brother and Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul, which were b...

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