Rewriting Apocalypse in Canadian Fiction

Marlene Goldman is professor of English, University of Toronto at Scarborough. She is the author of Paths of Desire: Images of Exploration and Mapping in Canadian Women's Writing.

"The particularly Canadian version of the apocalyptic narrative today bears witness to the often untold story of the non-elect - Canada's beautiful losers. Through Goldman's clarity and insight we come to understand their story and their (warranted) distrust of the elect, the redeemed, the winners. This is a book full of 'revelations.'" Linda Hutcheon, author of The Canadian Postmodern and Splitting Images: Contemporary Canadian Ironies "A writer of grace and verve, Goldman argues convincingly that some of the best contemporary Canadian novels are secular apocalyptic narratives with a twist, reminding us that literature can mediate our modern experience - it can keep us sane." Rosemary Sullivan, University of Toronto