Waiting for "Waiting for Columbus"
July 2, 2009
It’s been a lovely week so far. Stumbled upon a blog written by the man who gave voice to the audiobook of Waiting for Columbus and it was a very generous, glowing write-up. You can find it here.
Also, the story in the National Post weekend edition was really nice too. Here’s truncated bit of the story:
Tomorrow’s best-sellers, today
In a way, book previews are worth much more than reviews: Buzz can translate into huge deals. Here are five Canadian writers whose forthcoming novels are creating lots of excitement…
Thomas Trofimuk, of Edmonton, has published two novels. The third — Waiting for Columbus, (McClelland & Stewart, August) — promises to make him known to readers across the country. It’s imaginative, in the manner of Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient. “In a Spanish mental institution in 2004,” says the publisher, “a man who believes he is Christopher Columbus begins to tell his story. Nurse Consuela listens … with each tale, [she] draws closer to this lost navigator.”
Yellowhead Lake and I have a date and it’s coming up fast. I’ve got a brand new Coleman dingy and a pretty good supply of scotch, a few great notebooks, the good Waterman fountain pen, ink, and mountains…lots of mountains. I’ll be at the trail-head to the Mt. Fitzwilliam grunt for the week. Though there are fine trout in the lake, I don’t have a license for BC and so will just have to float around and meditate, or recite Rumi poems, or Hafiz poems, write haiku, look at trees(don’t I sound like a party waiting to happen? Ha!!!) I’m okay with this arrangement. I highly doubt there is cell phone service at this camp. I’m okay with this also. I will try to write 1,500-2,000 words a day on the Thelonious Pinsky/Mehmet book.
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1. Adam Snider had this to say: Jul 02, 2009 ~ 14:03 ~ #
Party or not, that sounds like a damn good way to spend a week.