The Big Why

Name: The Big Why
Author: Michael Winter

by Michael Winter

Painter and filmmaker in Newfoundland obsessed with a mysterious figure

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Michael Winter

Canadian novelist and short-story writer from Newfoundland whose fiction is deeply rooted in the landscape and history of that province. The Big Why is his most celebrated novel. He is an important voice in Atlantic Canadian literature.

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