Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace

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Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace
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Author David Adams Richards
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMiramichi trilogy
Genre Novel
Publisher McClelland and Stewart
Publication date
1990
Publication place Canada
Media typePrint (hardback, paperback)
Preceded by Nights Below Station Street  
Followed by For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down  

Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace is a novel by David Adams Richards, published in 1990. [1] It is the second volume in his Miramichi trilogy, along with the novels Nights Below Station Street (1988) and For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (1993). [2]

The novel centres primarily on Ivan and Cindi Bastarache. [3] Their troubled marriage begins to disintegrate when Cindi, who has epilepsy, injures herself during a fight with Ivan over money, leading their family and friends to believe that Ivan has committed domestic violence against her. [4]

The novel won the Canadian Authors Association award for fiction in 1991. [5]

References

  1. "Richards novel breaks from middle-class narcissism". Calgary Herald , December 15, 1990.
  2. "David Adams Richards". The Canadian Encyclopedia , April 10, 2008.
  3. "Characters adrift in a community of episodes". Vancouver Sun , December 29, 1990.
  4. "First-class' novel vivid and assured". Edmonton Journal , December 9, 1990.
  5. "Authors win national awards". Ottawa Citizen , May 16, 1991.