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Highlights
- Novelist Mark Frutkin, who immigrated to Canada to protest and resist the U.S. military draft during the Vietnam War, looks back at the culture that compelled his move.
- About the Author: Mark Frutkin is the author of seven works of fiction, including Fabrizio's Return, which won the Trillium Award in 2007.
- 238 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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About the Book
Novelist Mark Frutkin, who immigrated to Canada to protest and resist the U.S. military draft during the Vietnam War, looks back at the culture that compelled his move.
Book Synopsis
Novelist Mark Frutkin, who immigrated to Canada to protest and resist the U.S. military draft during the Vietnam War, looks back at the culture that compelled his move.
Review Quotes
"Erratic North skillfully links the trajectory of the author's life to a momentous period in history. This memoir is Frutkin's first book of non-fiction. Here's hoping it won't be his last."
"Frutkin's memoir is a beautiful book, one about the search for peace that has marked many of our years."
"... Mark Frutkin was carried north by the Vietnam War, and has remained to become one of Canada's most innovative and interesting writers."
"Like most of the Americans who migrated north in the late 1960s and early '70s, Frutkin was a draft dodger. In his case it was a family tradition: some of the most fascinating and powerful sections of Erratic North recount how his grandfather Simon Frutkin fled Belarus in 1896 at age 18 to escape the czar's draft." (October 2008)
"It's a heart-felt book, mainly examining the mindset of 1970s peace-loving idealists ... a thought provoking read." - Ottawa Citizen, September 14, 2008
The style here is simple, light, and elegant, with a sense of humour and modestyHis (Frutkins) book is a quirky, enjoyable read. - Quill and Quire, July/August 2008
About the Author
Mark Frutkin is the author of seven works of fiction, including Fabrizio's Return, which won the Trillium Award in 2007. Earlier, his novel Atmospheres Apollinaire was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award, the Trillium, and the Ottawa Book Award. He has also published three volumes of poetry. Frutkin lives in Ottawa.
