David Waltner-Toews

One Foot in Heaven (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published by Coteau Books in 2005, One Foot in Heaven is out of print. Hence this e-book format from Doft Ivanovitch books.

From the original cover: "A brilliantly-written collection of linked short stories presenting the interconnected lives, and world views, of several Mennonite families in Winnipeg and northern Alberta. One Foot in Heaven opens and closes with Prom Koslowski, a character who flees murderous bandits in Russia, gains twin babies and loses their mother on a torturous journey through the mountains into India, and finally makes a life for himself and his children in rural northern Alberta. His children go to Mennonite high school in Winnipeg, and go on to missionary and other work in their adult lives. In various ways, they are both drawn to the South East Asian region of their beginnings. They interact with a host of other characters as they grow - the innocent veterinarian Ab Dueck, the enigmatic Jael Freed, Ab's best friend George, whose own spiritual views differ so oddly despite arising from the same roots. In the fashion of much Mennonite writing, David Waltner-Toews uses both humour and pathos to present his characters juggling matters of the flesh and of the spirit in their quest for the true purpose of their lives and the best way to serve their god."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: David Waltner-Toews
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781777297039
• Artikelnr.: 67566705

Autorenporträt

David Waltner-Toews is an internationally celebrated veterinary epidemiologist specializing in ecosystem approaches to health and disease. Founding president of Veterinarians without Borders-Canada, he was awarded the World Small Animal Veterinary Association-Covetrus International Veterinary Community Service Award, which recognizes veterinarians who have exhibited exceptional acts of valour and commitment in the face of adversity to service the community. He was also the recipient of the inaugural award for contributions to ecosystem approaches to health from The International Association for Ecology and Health. Waltner-Toews is the author of more than twenty books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, including, most recently, "On Pandemics: Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus" (Greystone Books, 2020) and "The Inter-Pandemic Backyard Chicken Book: a retirement memoir" (Doft Ivanovitch Books, 2020).