Hockey Dreams

Memoirs of a Man Who Couldn't Play

David Adams Richards

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Doubleday Canada
15 July 2018

Prose: non-fiction; Sports & outdoor recreation

A timeless reflection on hockey, not only as a sport, but as a lens through which to view a nation, Hockey Dreams by award-winning author David Adams Richards is now available as a Penguin Modern Classic.

A timeless reflection on hockey, not only as a sport, but as a lens through which to view a nation from award-winning author David Adams Richards.

With a voice as Canadian as winter, David Adams Richards reflects on the place of hockey in the Canadian soul.

The lyrical narrative of Hockey Dreams flows from Richards' boyhood games on the Miramichi to heated debates with university professors who dare to back the wrong team. It examines the globalization of hockey, and how Canadians react to the threat of foreigners beating us at ""our"" game.

Part memoir, part essay on national identity, part hockey history, Hockey Dreams is a meditation by one of Canada's finest writers on the essence of the game that helps define our nation.

By: David Adams Richards
Imprint: Doubleday Canada
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm,
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780385690560
ISBN 10: 0385690568
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 15 July 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Adams Richards is an award-winning author of both fiction and non-fiction. His meditation on the joys of fly-fishing, Lines on the Water, published by Doubleday Canada, won the Governor General's Award in 1998. His previous non-fiction book with Doubleday Canada, Hockey Dreams, was a national bestseller. As a novelist, Richards is best known for his Miramichi trilogy- Nights Below Station Street (1988), winner of the Governor General's Award; Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace (1990), winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award; and For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down. His novel The Bay of Love and Sorrows, published in 1998, received widespread critical acclaim.

Reviews for Hockey Dreams: Memoirs of a Man Who Couldn't Play

“Richards has used a novelist’s gift for character, dialogue and imagery to produce a touching portrait of hockey-crazed kids.” —Maclean’s “A lyrical and unapologetically personal narrative about the place of the game in the Canadian psyche . . . [Richards] has raised the standard of hockey literature.” —Vancouver Sun