Who Has Seen the Wind
by W.O. Mitchell
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Author: W.O. MitchellEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-09-16
ISBN: 0771061110
Number of pages: 392
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Book Reviews of Who Has Seen the Wind
Book Review: It's not a fast read
Summary: 5 Stars
There are books you can blast through, action packed where the story is all on the surface. Tom Clancy, for example. I love a read like that.
On the other hand, if you are looking for a book that will reward you on a quick read, this isn't it. Nor for that matter, are any other of W.O. Mitchell's works (with the possible exception of Jake and the Kid). This is a book that is better on the second reading than the first, and on the tenth than the eighth. Slow down and wallow in it. Soak up the images and let the alliteration create the sounds for you, and when you do, you will be transported into the world about which Mitchell writes. I grew up a couple of dozen miles from the town which he identifies as Crocus, and know real people with the surnames he uses in this book. When I slow down and spend time with Mitchell, it resonates - and evokes with remarkable accuracy the world I grew up in thirty years later. There is no excitement here, but if you have patience, the insight you gain can generate its own profound excitement.
Summary of Who Has Seen the Wind
When W.O. Mitchell died in 1998 he was described as ?Canada's best-loved writer.? Every commentator agreed that his best ? and his best-loved ? book was Who Has Seen the Wind. Since it was first published in 1947, this book has sold almost a million copies in Canada.As we enter the world of four-year-old Brian O?Connal, his father the druggist, his Uncle Sean, his mother, and his formidable Scotch grandmother (?she belshes?a lot?), it soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary book. As we watch Brian grow up, the prairie and its surprising inhabitants like the Ben and Saint Sammy ? and the rich variety of small-town characters ? become unforgettable. This book will be a delightful surprise for all those who are aware of it, but have never quite got around to reading it, till now.
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