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Set in Montreal in 1986, The Origin of Species is the story of a thirty-something Alex Fratarcangeli ("I can't even pronounce it myself," he admits to an acquaintance), plagued by a familiar sense of being a fraud in all aspects of his life from his professional ambitions to his romantic involvements. Alex is by all accounts an unexceptional man, save for the fact that he is haunted by an extraordinary experience in the Galapagos Islands, the consequences of which threaten to upend the precarious balance of his ordinary life.
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WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE CANADIAN AUTHOR'S ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR FICTION
FINALIST FOR THE TRILLIUM AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE (Canada and Caribbean)
LONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE
A Globe and Mail Best Book
"Ricci's masterstroke to date. This novel does so well, on so many levels, that it's hard to know where to begin tallying up the riches.... Each sentence, each word, feels exactly right.... He triumphs utterly here in rare achievement." Toronto Star
"Ricci writes beautifully, sentence by sentence." National Post
"The Origin of Species is an achingly honest look at how our life choices get stacked up to form the picture of who we are whether we like it or not. Ricci's dry, sardonic prose is sharp, with the cadence of natural thought that tumbles forward without getting lost." The Boston Globe
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WINNER OF THE CANADIAN AUTHOR'S ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR FICTION
FINALIST FOR THE TRILLIUM AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE (Canada and Caribbean)
LONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE
A Globe and Mail Best Book
"Ricci's masterstroke to date. This novel does so well, on so many levels, that it's hard to know where to begin tallying up the riches.... Each sentence, each word, feels exactly right.... He triumphs utterly here in rare achievement." Toronto Star
"Ricci writes beautifully, sentence by sentence." National Post
"The Origin of Species is an achingly honest look at how our life choices get stacked up to form the picture of who we are whether we like it or not. Ricci's dry, sardonic prose is sharp, with the cadence of natural thought that tumbles forward without getting lost." The Boston Globe
NINO RICCI's first novel, Lives of the Saints, won the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and the F.G. Bressani Prize and was made into a motion picture starring Sophia Loren. The novel was also a long-time national bestseller, and was followed by the highly acclaimed In a Glass House and Where She Has Gone, which was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. His bestselling novel Testament won the Trillium Book Award. The Origin of Species received the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction. Nino Ricci has also won the Betty Trask Award for Fiction (UK), The Winnifred Holtby Prize (UK) and the 1992 Prise Contrepoint Madrineaux (France). He lives in Toronto.
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- PublisherAnchor Canada
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0385677626
- ISBN 13 9780385677622
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages624
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