New light on Michael Crummey's classic depiction of Newfoundland and Labrador's past. First published in 1998, Hard Light retells and reimagines his father's and others' stories of outport Newfoundland and the Labrador fishery. The 2015 edition features a new introduction by Lisa Moore and a new afterword by the author. source
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“I, Abraham LeDrew of Brigus in the District of Port de Grave, in consideration of the sum of Sixty Dollars ($60.00) in hand paid to me, have bargained sold and delivered unto Arthur Crummey of Western Bay, District of Bay de Verde: a Fishing Room with Dwelling House, Stage, and Store House at Breen's Island, Indian Tickle, Labrador… In witness whereof I have herewith set my name and seal this 16th day of January, 1934 at Brigus, Newfoundland.”
The opening prose-poem of the 32 Little Stories sequence anchors the whole collection to Crummey's grandfather's Conception Bay/Labrador stationer life via a verbatim 1934 deed naming Brigus, Western Bay, and Indian Tickle.
Michael Crummey, Hard Light (Brick Books, 1998), preview via Everand — source
