Thrice Upon A Time - Novel

  THRICE UPON A TIME, novel

  (Quarry Press, 1990)

  Finalist for the COMMONWEALTH PRIZE
  (Canada/Caribbean Division) (1990)

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Thrice Upon a Time is the story of the search for the identity of an abandoned child -- an inventive novel which is at once a gripping mystery and a morally resounding feminist history, set in British Columbia.

Review Quotes

"Thrice Upon a Time is a wildly inventive novel..."  – The Ottawa Citizen, Fall 1991

"There's a far-reaching imagination at work in this book.." The Globe & Mail, August 1990

"Genni Gunn's fine novel, Thrice Upon a Time, is a challenging combination of narratives that rewards the extra effort needed to read it...This novel is a creation of much originality, very successful in its newness, and well arranged -- the sort of book one wished would continue another hundred pages."   –  University of Toronto Quarterly, Fall 1991

"Thrice Upon a Time is impressive in both craft and complexity."  –  Books in Canada

"What is fascinating in the knitting, unravelling and reknitting pattern of this story is the orchestration of voices. Gunn is a trained musician with a perfect ear. She knows these women and they are right on pitch." -- The Vancouver Sun, November 1990

 "The poet in Gunn transforms the terrain into a magical and memorable landscape." – Kingston's Alternative Bi-weekly

"... a beautifully written, many-layered novel." -- The Whig-Standard

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