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| Author | David Adams Richards |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Miramichi Trilogy |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | McClelland and Stewart |
Publication date | 1990 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Hardback, Paperback |
| Preceded by | Nights Below Station Street |
| Followed by | For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down |
Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace is a novel by David Adams Richards, published in 1990.[1] It was the second volume in his Miramichi trilogy, which also included the novels Nights Below Station Street (1988) and For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (1993).[2]
The novel centres primarily on Ivan and Cindi Bastarache,[3] a couple whose troubled marriage begins to disintegrate when Cindi, who suffers from epilepsy, injures herself during a fight with Ivan over money, leading their family and friends to believe that Ivan has committed domestic violence against her.[4]
The novel won the Canadian Authors Association award for fiction in 1991.[5]
- ^ "Richards novel breaks from middle-class narcissism". Calgary Herald, December 15, 1990.
- ^ "David Adams Richards". The Canadian Encyclopedia, April 10, 2008.
- ^ "Characters adrift in a community of episodes". Vancouver Sun, December 29, 1990.
- ^ "First-class' novel vivid and assured". Edmonton Journal, December 9, 1990.
- ^ "Authors win national awards". Ottawa Citizen, May 16, 1991.