The Coming of Winter
 First edition | |
| Author | David Adams Richards |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Oberon Press |
Publication date | 1974 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Hardback, Paperback |
| Followed by | Blood Ties |
The Coming of Winter is a novel by Canadian writer David Adams Richards, published in 1974.[1] His debut novel, it was published after an excerpt from the novel won the Norma Epstein Prize for unpublished writing by Canadian university students.[2]
The novel centres on Kevin Dulse, a young man going through a difficult period as he approaches his 21st birthday.[3]
The novel was subsequently reissued as part of the New Canadian Library series.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Deeply in luxuriant gloom". The Globe and Mail, October 5, 1974.
- ^ Linda-Ann Sturgeon, "David Adams Richards" in Profiles in Canadian Literature 8, Volume 8 (Jeffrey M. Heath, ed.) Dundurn Press, 1991. ISBN 9781554882700. pp. 83-90.
- ^ H. W. Connor, "Coming of Winter, Coming of Age: The Autumnal Vision of David Adams Richards' First Novel". Studies in Canadian Literature, Volume 09, Number 1 (1984).
- ^ "Three authors in town for meeting". Halifax Daily News, November 8, 1982.
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