Book Review: MIHAELA MUDURE, “ALTE LECTURI CANADIENE / OTHER CANADIAN READINGS”. CLUJ-NAPOCA: CASA CĂRȚII DE ȘTIINȚĂ, 2020, 195 P.

Abstract

It is a commonly held opinion that Canada’s political and economic contributions to the global scene are linked almost exclusively with the tipping points of history, such as the two World Wars and some more recent conflicts. Indeed, if Canada has  a “great story” to tell, as  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared some years ago in an interview given to Maclean’s magazine, to many it remains unclear wherein this alleged greatness lies. And yet, on the literary stage, Canadian voices have been an integral part of a more convincing narrative, as demonstrated by the internationally-acclaimed names of Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro or Michael Ondaatje, to mention but a few.