David Adams Richards Lorenzo Reading-SJ

Event Date(s):
September 27, 2018
Time(s):
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Category:
Saint John
Location:
Saint John

Event Details:

David Adams Richards will read from Mary Cyr.

Mary Cyr opens in Mexico just as a disaster strikes a small town: a coal mine has collapsed with 13 men trapped inside. Less than 48 hours later, the authorities abandon all hope of finding survivors and seal up the entrance - willfully oblivious to the souls still breathing underground. Shortly after, 13-year-old Victor is discovered dead in the hotel room of a Canadian visitor - a 45-year-old woman, and heiress to a vast fortune, who goes by the name Mary Cyr.

Thus begins this shocking, brilliant and compelling novel – a late-career tour de force by one of our most powerful writers. In his last couple of novels, David Adams Richards has widened the scope of his vision, taking us into far-flung countries even as his beloved territory of New Brunswick’s Miramichi remains his touchstone, the spot to which all his stories return. In Mary Cyr, the unwinding tale takes us from a harsh jail cell in Mexico, where Mary Cyr is imprisoned, deep into Canadian police officer John Delano’s past, and even further into the murky depths of a wealthy New Brunswick family whose ties to mining, newspapers and other interests lead to the highest corridors of power.

At the heart of this maelstrom lies a woman who is compromised and confused, but also poignant, wounded and well-intentioned: the beautiful and tragic Mary Cyr.

David Adams Richards is one of Canada's distinguished writers. His recent novels Principles to Live By, Crimes Against My Brother and Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul were published to wide acclaim.  Recipient of numerous literary awards, he was made a Member of the Order of New Brunswick in 2005 and the Order of Canada in 2009. In 2017, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada.

 

Building: Ganong Hall

Room Number: Lecture Theatre

Contact:

Andrea Kikuchi
506-648-5782
athornto@unb.ca