Two Solid Dudes read Generation X by Douglas Coupland
First of all, the full title is Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture but WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
Two Solid Dudes read The Book of Secrets by M. G. Vassanji
Vassanji’s multigenerational story in Tanzania in the first half of the twentieth century was the first book to win the Giller prize.
Two Solid Dudes read Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, who sadly passed away earlier this year, released 5 years ago, making it one of the more recent additions to the list.
Four (!) Solid Dudes read The Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
Because it’s Mother’s Day this weekend, our moms are joining us to help us tackle Alice Munro’s The Lives of Girls and Women.
Two Solid Dudes read Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen
Beautiful Losers follows on the struggles of anglo and francophone Quebec identities that we met in Two Solitudes.
Two Solid Dudes read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
There are so many small details to The Handmaid’s Tale that make it feel so new. At times intentionally jarring but in a way that makes you pay attention.
Two Solid Dudes read Obasan by Joy Kogawa
Obasan is a book that I absolutely flew through. I feel like it naturally confronted something in Canadian history/culture that should have more attention.
Two Solid Dudes Read All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
All My Puny Sorrows is sad and witty, full of interesting characters. Just a story about some regular adults who grew up in a modern Mennonite community.
Two Solid Dudes read Two Solitudes by Hugh MacLennan
Two Solitudes is the daddy of Canadian Lit. A family saga where the family is Canada. Separatists, blackmailing priests, and a sea captain with one leg.