World Literature Today, March 22nd, 1999
The work of Leon Rooke has played a key role in the shift in Canadian fiction from a nationalist paradigm to a postnationalist, multicultural perspective. Rooke was born in North Carolina and came to Canada in 1969. The fictional world he explores is expansive and diverse and has consistently challenged the mainstream focus on nationalism. The theme of divided reality is a prominent element of Rooke's fiction. Over the past quarter century, Leon Rooke's literary achievement has reflected and significantly contributed to the extraordinary emergence of Canadian writing and criticism onto the wo...
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